Ternary Herbicidal Combination Comprising Saflufenacil

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a herbicidal combination which comprises:
         a) a herbicide A which is 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1-(2H)-pyrimidinyl]-4-fluoro-N-[[methyl-(1-methylethyl)-amino]sulfonyl]benzamide,   b) a single herbicide B selected from sulfentrazone, flumioxazin, dicamba and their salts and esters, and   c) at least one herbicide C different from herbicides A and B which is selected from
           C.1) herbicides of the group of acetolactate synthase inhibitors,   C.2) herbicides of the group of protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors,   C.3) herbicides of the group of synthetic auxins,   C.4) herbicides of the group of microtubule inhibitors,   C.5) herbicides of the group of acetyl-CoA carboxylase inhibitors,   C.6) herbicides of the group of photosystem II inhibitors,   C.7) herbicides of the group of pigment synthesis inhibitors, and   C.8) herbicides of the group of VLCFA inhibitors selected from chloroacetamide herbicides, oxyacetamide herbicides, acetamide herbicides and tetrazolinone herbicides;   
           provided that the herbicidal combination does not include pyroxasulfone; provided that in case the components b) or c) comprise dicamba or one of its salts or esters the herbicidal combination does not include imazapyr or one of its salts; and   provided that if component b) is flumioxazin and component c) is 2,4-D, 2,4-D is present as its 2-ethylhexyl ester.

The present invention relates to a herbicidal combination comprising saflufenacil, a herbicide B selected from sulfentrazone, carfentrazone, butafenacil, fomesafen, oxyfluorfen, acifluorfen, lactofen, flumioxazin, clomazone, topramezone, dicamba, 2,4-D, pendimethalin and their salts and esters and at least one herbicide C different therefrom. The combination is particularly useful for preplant burndown.

Burndown, i.e. the complete removal of weeds from the soil by application of herbicides prior to planting or emergence of a crop, is an important tool of modern weed management. Weeds present at planting will generally grow much quicker than crop plants and thus compete very early in the growing season thereby damaging the crop plants and reducing crop yield. Thus, it is desirable to plant the crop in a weed-free seed bed or to assure that essentially no weeds are present when the crop emerges.

Saflufenacil is the common name of the compound 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1-(2H)pyrimidinyl]-4-fluoro-N-[[methyl(1-methylethyl)-amino]sulfonyl]benzamide which is a herbicidal active substance from the group of PPO inhibitors. Saflufenacil has been described in WO 01/083459. Further processes for its preparation are described in WO 03/097589, WO 05/054208, WO 06/097589, WO 06/125746 and WO 08/043835. Saflufenacil is particularly useful for preplant applications and selective preemergence weed control in multiple crops, including corn and soybean.

Sulfentrazone, carfentrazone, butafenacil, fomesafen, oxyfluorfen, acifluorfen, lactofen, flumioxazin, clomazone, topramezone, dicamba, 2,4-D, pendimethalin and their salts and esters are all well-known herbicides that share common characteristics, such as e.g. a good acticity against dicotyledonous weeds. In addition, all of these herbicides have been used in combined applications with at least one second herbicide. However, the effectiveness of such combinations is often not satisfactory and high application rates are still required to achieve an acceptable control of a broad spectrum of weeds. Moreover, the reliability of such combinations depends strongly on the weathering conditions and certain difficult to control weed species may escape. In addition, the herbicidal activity of these compositions often persists only for a short time, which allows effective burndown only within a small timeframe prior to planting a crop. Moreover, the persistence of the herbicidal activity strongly depends upon the weathering conditions.

So far only a very few specific herbicidal mixtures that besides saflufenacil and an additional herbicide selected from sulfentrazone, carfentrazone, butafenacil, fomesafen, oxyfluorfen, acifluorfen, lactofen, flumioxazin, clomazone, topramezone, dicamba, 2,4-D and pendimethalin also include one or more further herbicides have been disclosed.

WO 2013/134310 relates to herbicidal compositions that besides fomesafen and saflufenacil also comprise a herbicide selected from flufenacet, dimethenamid, acetochlor or metolachlor.

WO 2014/077343 inter alia discloses herbicidal compositions including pyraflufen-ethyl, saflufenacil and a further herbicide selected from carfentrazone-ethyl, sulfentrazone, flumioxazin, fomesafen, acifluorfen and oxyfluorfen.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a herbicidal combination, which allows efficient and reliable control of grass and broadleaf weeds in a burndown program. Moreover, the persistence of the herbicidal activity of the combination should be sufficiently long in order to achieve control of the weeds over a sufficient long time period thus allowing a more flexible application. The combination should also have a low toxicity to humans or other mammals. The combinations should also show an accelerated action on harmful plants, i.e. they should effect damaging of the harmful plants more quickly in comparison with application of the individual herbicides.

These and further objects are achieved by the combinations described hereinafter.

Therefore the present invention relates to a herbicidal combination comprising:

a) a herbicide A which is saflufenacil,

b) a single herbicide B selected from sulfentrazone, flumioxazin, dicamba and their salts and esters, and

c) at least one herbicide C different from herbicides A and B which is selected from

-   -   C.1) herbicides of the group of acetolactate synthase         inhibitors,     -   C.2) herbicides of the group of protoporphyrinogen oxidase         inhibitors,     -   C.3) herbicides of the group of synthetic auxins,     -   C.4) herbicides of the group of microtubule inhibitors,     -   C.5) herbicides of the group of acetyl-CoA carboxylase         inhibitors,     -   C.6) herbicides of the group of photosystem II inhibitors,     -   C.7) herbicides of the group of pigment synthesis inhibitors,         and     -   C.8) herbicides of the group of VLCFA inhibitors selected from         chloroacetamide herbicides, oxyacetamide herbicides, acetamide         herbicides and tetrazolinone herbicides,

provided that the herbicidal combination does not include pyroxasulfone,

provided that in case the components b) or c) comprise dicamba or one of its salts or esters the herbicidal combination does not include imazapyr or one of its salts, and provided that if component b) is flumioxazin and component c) is 2,4-D, 2,4-D is present as its 2-ethylhexyl ester.

The invention furthermore relates to the use of a combination as defined herein for controlling undesirable vegetation. When using the combinations of the invention for this purpose the herbicide A, the herbicide B and the at least one herbicide C can be applied simultaneously or in succession, where undesirable vegetation may occur.

The invention furthermore relates to the use of a combination as defined herein for controlling undesirable vegetation for burndown, i.e. for controlling undesirable vegetation in a locus, e.g. a field, where crops will be planted, before planting or emergence of the crop.

The invention furthermore relates to the use of a combination as defined herein for controlling undesirable vegetation in crops which, by genetic engineering or by breeding, are resistant to one or more herbicides and/or pathogens such as plant-pathogenous fungi, and/or to attack by insects; preferably resistant to saflufenacil and/or resistant to the one or more herbicides C and/or resistant to one or more herbicides D, as defined below.

The invention furthermore relates to a method for controlling undesirable vegetation, which comprises applying an herbicidal combination according to the present invention to the undesirable vegetation. Application can be done before, during and/or after, preferably during and/or after, the emergence of the undesirable vegetation. The herbicide A, the herbicide B and the at least one herbicide C can be applied simultaneously or in succession.

The invention in particular relates to a method for controlling undesirable vegetation in crops, which comprises applying a combination as defined herein to a locus of planted crops where undesirable vegetation occurs or might occur or to a locus where crops will be planted before planting or emergence of the crop.

In the methods of the present invention it is immaterial whether the herbicide A, the herbicide B and the one or more herbicides C are formulated jointly or separately and applied jointly or separately, and, in the case of separate application, in which order the application takes place. It is only necessary, that the herbicide A, the herbicide B and the one or more herbicides C are applied in a time frame, which allows simultaneous action of the active ingredients on the undesirable plants.

The invention also relates to an herbicide formulation, which comprises a herbicidally active combination as defined herein and at least one carrier material, including liquid and/or solid carrier materials.

The combinations of the present invention have several advantages over solo application of either saflufenacil or any one of herbicides B and C, and, likewise, over any binary combination of these herbicides. The combination of the present invention show enhanced herbicide action in comparison with the herbicide action of solo action of saflufenacil or any one of herbicides B and C against undesirable vegetation, in particular against difficult to control species such as Alopecurus myosuroides, Avena fatua, Bromus spec., Echinocloa spec. Ipomea spec., Lolium spec., Phalaris spec., Setaria spec., Digitaria spec., Brachiaria spec., Amaranthus spec., Chenopodium spec., Abutilon theophrasti, Galium aparine, Veronica spec., or Solanum spec. Moreover, the combinations of the invention show a persistant herbicidal activity, even under difficult weathering conditions, which allows a more flexible application in burndown applications and minimizes the risk of weeds escaping. The combinations are generally non-toxic or of low toxicity against mammals. Apart form that, the combinations of the present invention show superior crop compatibility with certain conventional crop plants and with herbicide tolerant crop plants, i.e. their use in these crops leads to a reduced damage of the crop plants and/or does not result in increased damage of the crop plants. Thus, the combinations of the invention can also be applied after the emergence of the crop plants. The combinations of the present invention may also show an accelerated action on harmful plants, i.e. they may effect damage of the harmful plants more quickly in comparison with solo or binary applications of the at least three herbicides involved.

As used herein, the terms “controlling” and “combating” are synonyms.

As used herein, the terms “undesirable vegetation”, “undesirable species”, “undesirable plants”, “harmful plants”, “undesirable weeds”, or “harmful weeds” are synonyms.

The single herbicide B included in the herbicidal combination of the invention is a compound selected from the group of sulfentrazone, flumioxazin, dicamba, their salts and esters, which are all well established and commercially available herbicides that are described e.g. by C. D. S. Tomlin, “The Pesticide Manual”, 13th Edition, BCPC (2003), and also “The Compendium of Pesticide Common Names” http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides.

In the combinations of the invention the weight ratio of the single herbicide B to herbicide A is preferably from 550:1 to 1:50, more preferably from 300:1 to 1:30, in particular from 160:1 to 1:20, specifically from 80:1 to 1:10 and particularly preferred from 35:1 to 1:5.

In addition, the weight ratio of herbicide A to herbicide C in the combinations of the invention is preferably from 1:1000 to 250:1, more preferably from 1:500 to 100:1, in particular from 1:250 to 50:1, specifically from 1:150 to 20:1 and particularly preferred from 1:75 to 10:1.

In addition, the weight ratio of herbicide B to herbicides A+C in the combinations of the invention is preferably from 500:1 to 1:1000, more preferably from 250:1 to 1:500, in particular from 150:1 to 1:400, specifically from 75:1 to 1:150 and particularly preferred from 30:1 to 1:60.

If the compounds of herbicide compounds mentioned herein as herbicides B, herbicides C, herbicides D or safeners (see below) have functional groups, which can be ionized, they can also be used in the form of their agriculturally acceptable salts. In general, those salts are suitable whose cations have no adverse effect on the action of the active compounds (“agriculturally acceptable”).

Preferred cations are the ions of the alkali metals, preferably of lithium, sodium and potassium, of the alkaline earth metals, preferably of calcium and magnesium, and of the transition metals, preferably of manganese, copper, zinc and iron, furthermore ammonium and substituted ammonium (hereinafter also termed as organoammonium) in which one to four hydrogen atoms are replaced by C₁-C₄-alkyl, hydroxy-C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy-C₁-C₄-alkyl, hydroxy-C₁-C₄-alkoxy-C₁-C₄-alkyl, phenyl or benzyl, preferably ammonium, methylammonium, isopropylammonium, dimethylammonium, diisopropylammonium, trimethylammonium, tetramethylammonium, tetraethylammonium, tetrabutylammonium, pentylammonium, hexylammonium, heptylammonium, 2-hydroxyethylammonium, 2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)eth-1-ylammonium (diglycolamine salts), di(2-hydroxyeth-1-yl)ammonium (diolamine salts), tris(2-hydroxyeth-1-yl)ammonium (trolamine salts), tris(3-propanol)ammonium, benzyltrimethylammonium, benzyltriethylammonium, furthermore phosphonium ions, sulfonium ions, preferably tri(C₁-C₄-alkyl)sulfonium such as trimethylsulfonium, and sulfoxonium ions, preferably tri(C₁-C₄-alkyl)sulfoxonium.

Further preferred cations are cationic polyamines that are characterized in that at least one amino group of the polyamine is present in the cationic form of an ammonium. The cationic polyamines are preferably derived from polyamines of the formula I:

wherein

-   -   R¹, R² and R⁴ are independently of each other selected from         hydrogen and C₁-C₆-alkyl, preferably C₁-C₃-alkyl, which is         optionally substituted with a hydroxyl group,     -   R³ and R⁵ are independently of each other C₂-C₁₀-alkylene,         preferably C₂-C₄-alkylene,     -   X is hydroxyl or NR⁶R⁷ with R⁶ and R⁷ are independently of each         other selected from hydrogen and C₁-C₃-alkyl, and     -   n is an integer from 1 to 20, preferably 1 to 5.

Examples of preferred polyamines of the formula I are diethylenetriamine (DETA), triethylenetetraamine (TETA), tetraethylenepentaamine (TEPA), N,N,N′,N″,N″-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine (PMDETA), N,N,N′,N″,N″-pentamethyldipropylenetriamine, N,N-bis(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N-isopropanolamine, N′-(3-(dimethylamino)propyl)-N,N-dimethyl-1,3-propanediamine and N,N-bis(3-aminopropyl)methylamine (BAPMA). Particularly preferred is BAPMA. Of particular relevance in this context is the BAPMA salt of dicamba (herein also named dicamba-BAPMA), wherein dicamba is present in its anionic form and BAPMA in one of its cationic forms with at least one amino group of BAPMA being transformed into the corresponding ammonium group.

In the combinations according to the invention, herbicides C and D as well as safeners that carry a carboxyl group can also be employed in the form of agriculturally acceptable derivatives, for example as amides such as mono- or di-C₁-C6-alkylamides or arylamides, as esters, for example as allyl esters, propargyl esters, tefuryl esters, C₁-C₁₀-alkyl esters or alkoxyalkyl esters, and also as thioesters, for example as C₁-C₁₀-alkyl thioesters. Preferred mono- and di-C₁-C₆-alkylamides are the methyl- and the dimethylamides. Preferred arylamides are, for example, the anilidines and the 2-chloroanilides. Preferred alkyl esters are, for example, the methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl, pentyl, mexyl (1-methylhexyl) or isooctyl (2-ethylhexyl) esters. Preferred C₁-C₄-alkoxy-C₁-C₄-alkyl esters are the straight-chain or branched C₁-C₄-alkoxyethyl esters, for example the methoxyethyl, ethoxyethyl or butoxyethyl esters. An example of the straight-chain or branched C₁-C₁₀-alkyl thioesters is the ethyl thioester. Preferred derivatives are the esters.

In a first embodiment of the invention (embodiment 1), the herbicidal combinations of the invention comprise at least one herbicide C.1 selected from the group of acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitors (also termed as acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS) inhibitors). ALS inhibitors are compounds, which have a mode of action comprising the inhibition of a step of the branched chain amino acids biosynthesis in plants and which belong to the group B of the HRAC classification system (see HRAC, Classification of Herbicides According to Mode of Action, http://www.plantprotection.org/hrac/MOA.html).

The term “ALS inhibitor” is meant herein to also include the respective salts, isomers and esters of the above mentioned compounds. Suitable salts are e.g. salts of alkaline or earth alkaline metals or ammonium or organoammonium salts, for instance, sodium, potassium, ammonium, isopropyl ammonium etc. Suitable isomers are e.g. stereo isomers such as the enantiomers. Suitable esters are e.g. C₁-C₈-(branched or non-branched) alkyl esters, such as methyl esters, ethyl esters and isopropyl esters.

According to the present invention the ALS inhibitors of group C.1 are selected from the group consisting of:

C.1.1 triazolopyrimidine herbicides;

C.1.2 sulfonylamino-carbonyl-triazolinone herbicides;

C.1.3 pyrimidinyl(thio) benzoate herbicides;

C.1.4 sulfonylurea herbicides;

C.1.5 imidazolinone herbicides; and

C.1.6 unclassified herbicides.

Triazolopyrimidine herbicides (C.1.1) include e.g. cloransulam, diclosulam, florasulam, flumetsulam, metosulam, penoxsulam and pyroxsulam, and the salts and esters thereof such as cloransulam-methyl.

Sulfonylamino-carbonyl-triazolinone herbicides (C.1.2) include e.g. flucarbazone, propoxycarbazone, thiencarbazone and triafamone, and the salts and esters thereof such as flucarbazone-sodium, propoxycarbazone-sodium and thiencarbazone-methyl.

Pyrimidinyl(thio) benzoate herbicides (C.1.3) include e.g. bispyribac, pyribenzoxim, pyriftalid, pyrimisulfan, pyrithiobac, pyriminobac, the salts and esters thereof such as bispyribac-sodium, pyrithiobac-sodium and pyriminobac-methyl, as well as 4-[[[2-[(4,6-dimethoxy-2-pyrimidinyl)oxy]phenyl]methyl]amino]-benzoic acid-1-methylethyl ester (CAS 420138-41-6), 4-[[[2-[(4,6-dimethoxy-2-pyrimidinyl)oxy]phenyl]methyl]amino]-benzoic acid propyl ester (CAS 420138-40-5) and N-(4-bromophenyl)-2-[(4,6-dimethoxy-2-pyrimidinyl)oxy]benzenemethanamine (CAS 420138-01-8).

Sulfonylurea herbicides (C.1.4) include e.g. amidosulfuron, azimsulfuron, bensulfuron, chlorimuron, chlorsulfuron, cinosulfuron, cyclosulfamuron, ethametsulfuron, ethoxysulfuron, flazasulfuron, flucetosulfuron, flupyrsulfuron, foramsulfuron, halosulfuron, imazosulfuron, iodosulfuron, iofensulfuron, mesosulfuron, metazosulfuron, metsulfuron, nicosulfuron, orthosulfamuron, oxasulfuron, primisulfuron, propyrisulfuron, prosulfuron, pyrazosulfuron, rimsulfuron, sulfometuron, sulfosulfuron, thifensulfuron, triasulfuron, tribenuron, trifloxysulfuron, triflusulfuron and tritosulfuron, and the esters and salts thereof such as bensulfuron-methyl, chlorimuron-ethyl, ethametsulfuron-methyl, flupyrsulfuron-methyl-sodium, halosulfuron-methyl, iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium, iofensulfuron-sodium, metsulfuron-methyl, primisulfuron-methyl, pyrazosulfuron-ethyl, sulfometuron-methyl, thifensulfuron-methyl, tribenuron-methyl and triflusulfuron-methyl.

Imidazolinone herbicides (C.1.5) include e.g. imazamethabenz, imazamox, imazapic, imazapyr, imazaquin and imazethapyr, and the esters thereof such as imazamethabenz-methyl.

Unclassified herbicides (C.1.6) include e.g. triafamone.

In the combinations of this embodiment 1 the relative weight ratio of saflufenacil (herbicide A) to herbicide C.1 is preferably in the range from 1:100 to 250:1, more preferably in the range from 1:50 to 100:1, in particular from 1:20 to 50:1, specifically from 1:10 to 20:1 and particularly preferred from 1:5 to 10:1. The relative weight ratio of herbicide B to herbicide A +herbicide C.1 is preferably in the range from 500:1 to 1:75, more preferably from 250:1 to 1:50, in particular from 150:1 to 1:30, specifically from 75:1 to 1:10 and particularly preferred from 30:1 to 1:5.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the component c) comprises at least one herbicide selected from triazolopyrimidine herbicides, sulfonylamino-carbonyl-triazolinone herbicides, sulfonylurea herbicides and imidazolinone herbicides (embodiment 1.1). Triazolopyrimidine herbicides (group C.1.1), sulfonylamino-carbonyl-triazolinone herbicides (group C.1.2), sulfonylurea herbicides (group C.1.4) and imidazolinone herbicides (group C.1.5) are known e.g. from The Compendium of Pesticide Common Names http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides/.

Triazolopyrimidine herbicides include cloransulam, florasulam, metosulam, pyroxsulam, diclosulam, flumetsulam and penoxsulam and the salts of cloransulam, in particular the sodium salt, potassium salt, ammonium salt or substituted ammonium salts as defined above, in particular mono-, di- and tri-C₁-C₈-alkylammonium salts such as methylammonium, dimethylammonium and isopropylammonium, and the esters of cloransulam, in particular the C₁-C₈-alkyl esters, such as methyl ester, ethyl ester or isopropyl ester. A suitable example of such salts is cloransulam-ammonium. A suitable example of such esters is cloransulam-methyl.

Sulfonylamino-carbonyl-triazolinone herbicides include flucarbazone, propoxycarbazone and thiencarbazone and their salts, in particular the sodium salt, potassium salt, ammonium salt or substituted ammonium salt as defined above, in particular mono-, di- and tri-C₁-C₈-alkylammonium salts such as methylammonium, dimethylammonium and isopropylammonium, and their esters, in particular the C₁-C₈-alkyl esters, such as methyl ester, ethyl ester or isopropyl ester. Suitable examples of such salts are flucarbazone-sodium and propoxycarbazone-sodium. A suitable example of such esters is thiencarbazone-methyl.

Sulfonylurea herbicides include amidosulfuron, azimsulfuron, bensulfuron, chlorimuron, chlorsulfuron, cinosulfuron, cyclosulfamuron, ethametsulfuron, ethoxysulfuron, flazasulfuron, flucetosulfuron, flupyrsulfuron, foramsulfuron, halosulfuron, imazosulfuron, iodosulfuron, iofensulfuron, mesosulfuron, metazosulfuron, metsulfuron, nicosulfuron, orthosulfamuron, oxasulfuron, primisulfuron, propyrisulfuron, prosulfuron, pyrazosulfuron, rimsulfuron, sulfometuron, sulfosulfuron, thifensulfuron, triasulfuron, tribenuron, trifloxysulfuron, triflusulfuron and tritosulfuron and their esters, in particular the C₁-C₈-alkyl esters, such as methyl ester, ethyl ester or isopropyl ester, and their salts and the salts of their esters, in particular the sodium salt, potassium salt, ammonium salt or substituted ammonium salt as defined above, in particular mono-, di- and tri-C₁-C₈-alkylammonium salts such as methylammonium, dimethylammonium and isopropylammonium. Suitable examples of such esters are bensulfuron-methyl, chlorimuron-ethyl, ethametsulfuron-methyl, halosulfuron-methyl, metsulfuron-methyl, primisulfuron-methyl, pyrazosulfuron-ethyl, sulfometuron-methyl, thifensulfuron-methyl, tribenuron-methyl and triflusulfuron-methyl. Suitable examples of such salts are flupyrsulfuron-methyl-sodium, iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium and iofensulfuron-sodium.

Imidazolinone herbicides include imazamethabenz, imazamox, imazapic, imazapyr, imazaquin and imazethapyr and their esters, in particular the C₁-C₈-alkyl esters, such as methyl ester, ethyl ester or isopropyl ester. A suitable example of such esters is imazamethabenz-methyl.

Preferred triazolopyrimidine herbicides include diclosulam, cloransulam, flumetsulam, cloransulam-methyl and mixtures thereof.

Preferred sulfonylamino-carbonyl-triazolinone herbicides include thiencarbazone, thiencarbazone-methyl and mixtures thereof.

Preferred sulfonylurea herbicides include nicosulfuron, rimsulfuron, chlorimuron, thifensulfuron, chlorimuron-ethyl, thifensulfuron-methyl and mixtures thereof.

Preferred imidazolinone herbicides include imazapyr, imazamox, imazapic, imazethapyr and mixtures thereof.

In particular preferred combinations of the embodiment 1.1 the at least one herbicide C comprises at least one herbicide C.1 selected from the group of diclosulam, cloransulam, flumetsulam, thiencarbazone, nicosulfuron, rimsulfuron, chlorimuron, thifensulfuron, imazapyr, imazamox, imazapic, imazethapyr and their agriculturally acceptable salts and esters, such as in particular cloransulam-methyl, thiencarbazone-methyl chlorimuron-ethyl and thifensulfuron-methyl.

In a second embodiment of the invention (embodiment 2), the herbicidal combinations of the invention comprise at least one herbicide C.2 which is an inhibitor of protoporphyrinogen-IX-oxidase (PPO inhibitor). PPO inhibitors are compounds, which have a mode of action comprising the inhibition of a step of the chlorophyll biosynthesis in plants and which belong to the group E of the HRAC classification system (see HRAC, Classification of Herbicides According to Mode of Action, http://www.plantprotection.org/hrac/MOA.html).

Herbicide compounds belonging to the group of PPO inhibitors C.2 include e.g.

C.2.1 pyrimidinedione herbicides;

C.2.2 triazolinone herbicides;

C.2.3 diphenyl ether herbicides;

C.2.4 N-phenyl phthalimide herbicides;

C.2.5 phenylpyrazole herbicides;

C.2.6 thiadiazole herbicides;

C.2.7 oxadiazole herbicides;

C.2.8 oxazolidinedione herbicides; and

C.2.9 unclassified herbicides.

Pyrimidinedione herbicides (group C.2.1) include e.g. benzfendizone, butafenacil, saflufenacil, tiafenacil, ethyl [3-[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(1-methyl-6-trifluoromethyl-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidin-3-yl)phenoxy]-2-pyridyloxy]acetate (CAS 353292-31-6), 1-methyl-6-trifluoromethyl-3-(2,2,7-trifluoro-3-oxo-4-prop-2-ynyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]oxazin-6-yl)-1H-pyrimidine-2,4-dione and 3-[7-chloro-5-fluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-benzimidazol-4-yl]-1-methyl-6-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrimidine-2,4-dione (CAS 212754-02-4) and their salts.

Triazolinone herbicides (group C.2.2) include e.g. azafenidin, amicarbazone, bencarbazone, carfentrazone, ipfencarbazone and sulfentrazone and their salts, in particular the sodium salts, potassium salts, ammonium salts or substituted ammonium salts as defined above, in particular mono-, di- and tri-C₁-C₈-alkylammonium salts such as methylammonium, dimethylammonium and isopropylammonium, and their esters, in particular the C₁-C₈-alkyl esters, such as methyl ester, ethyl ester or isopropyl ester. A suitable example of such esters is carfentrazone-ethyl.

Diphenyl ether herbicides (group C.2.3) include e.g. ethoxyfen, acifluorfen, aclonifen, bifenox, chlomethoxyfen, chlornitrofen, etnipromid, fluorodifen, fluoroglycofen, fluoronitrofen, fomesafen, fucaomi, furyloxyfen, halosafen, lactofen, nitrofen, nitrofluorfen and oxyfluorfen and their salts, in particular the sodium salts, potassium salts, ammonium salts or substituted ammonium salts as defined above, in particular mono-, di- and tri-C₁-C₈-alkylammonium salts such as methylammonium, dimethylammonium and isopropylammosdnium, and their esters, in particular the C₁-C₈-alkyl esters, such as methyl ester, ethyl ester or isopropyl ester. Suitable examples of such salts are acifluorfen-sodium and fomesafen-sodium. Suitable examples of such esters are ethoxyfen-ethyl, acifluorfen-methyl and fluoroglycofen-ethyl.

N-Phenyl phthalimide herbicides (group C.2.4) include e.g. cinidon, flumioxazin, flumiclorac, flumipropyn and 2-(2,2,7-trifluoro-3-oxo-4-prop-2-ynyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]oxazin-6-yl)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-isoindole-1,3-dione. Also included are the salts of cinidon and flumiclorac, in particular their sodium salts, potassium salts, ammonium salts or substituted ammonium salts as defined above, in particular mono-, di and tri-C₁-C₈-alkylammonium salts such as isopropylammonium salts, and the esters of cinidon and flumiclorac, in particular their C₁-C₈-alkyl esters, such as methylesters, ethylesters, isopropyl esters. Suitable examples of such esters are cinidon-ethyl and flumiclorac-pentyl.

Phenylpyrazole herbicides (group C.2.5) include e.g. fluazolate, pyraflufen and methyl (E)-4-[2-chloro-5-[4-chloro-5-(difluoromethoxy)-1 H-methyl-pyrazol-3-yl]-4-fluoro-phenoxy]-3-methoxy-but-2-enoate [CAS 948893-00-3]. Also included are the esters of pyraflufen, in particular its C₁-C₈-alkyl esters, such as the methylester, the ethylester, the isopropyl ester. A suitable example of such esters is pyraflufen-ethyl.

Thiadiazole herbicides (group C.2.6) include e.g. fluthiacet and thidiazimin. Also included are the esters of fluthiacet, in particular its C₁-C₈-alkyl esters, such as the methylester, the ethylester, the isopropyl ester. A suitable example of such esters is fluthiacet-methyl.

Oxadiazole herbicides (group C.2.7) include e.g. oxadiargyl and oxadiazon.

Oxazolidinedione herbicides (group C.2.8) include e.g. pentoxazone.

Unclassified herbicides (group C.2.9) include e.g. flufenpyr, profluazol, pyraclonil, N-ethyl-3-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenoxy)-5-methyl-1H-pyrazole-1-carboxamide (CAS 452098-92-9), N-tetrahydrofurfuryl-3-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenoxy)-5-methyl-1H-pyrazole-1-carboxamide (CAS 915396-43-9), N-ethyl-3-(2-chloro-6-fluoro-4-trifluorommethylphenoxy)-5-methyl-1H-pyrazole-1-carboxamide (CAS 452099-05-7), N-tetrahydrofurfuryl-3-(2-chloro-6-fluoro-4-trifluoromethylphenoxy)-5-methyl-1H-pyrazole-1-carboxamide (CAS 452100-03-7), 3-[7-fluoro-3-oxo-4-(prop-2-ynyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]oxazin-6-yl]-1,5-dimethyl-6-thioxo-[1,3,5]triazinan-2,4-dione, 1,5-dimethyl-6-thioxo-3-(2,2,7-trifluoro-3-oxo-4-(prop-2-ynyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[b][1,4]oxazin-6-yl)-1,3,5-triazinane-2,4-dione (CAS 1258836-72-4). Also included are the esters of flufenpyr, in particular its C₁-C₈-alkyl esters, such as the methylester, the ethylester, the isopropyl ester. A suitable example of such esters is flufenpyr-ethyl.

In the combinations of this embodiment 2 the relative weight ratio of saflufenacil (herbicide A) to herbicide C.2 is preferably in the range from 1:200 to 50:1, more preferably in the range from 1:100 to 20:1, in particular from 1:80 to 10:1, specifically from 1:40 to 10:1 and particularly preferred from 1:20 to 10:1. The relative weight ratio of herbicide B to herbicide A +herbicide C.2 is preferably in the range from 500:1 to 1:250, more preferably from 250:1 to 1:175, in particular from 150:1 to 1:100, specifically from 75:1 to 1:50 and particularly preferred from 30:1 to 1:15.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the component c) comprises at least one herbicide selected from pyrimidinedione herbicides C.2.1, triazolinone herbicides C.2.2, diphenyl ether herbicides C.2.3 and N-phenyl phthalimide herbicides C.2.4 (embodiment 2.1). Pyrimidinedione herbicides, triazolinone herbicides, diphenyl ether herbicides and N-phenyl phthalimide herbicides, which are a subgroup of dicarboximide herbicides, are known e.g. from C. D. S. Tomlin, “The Pesticide Manual”, 13th Edition, BCPC (2003), and also from “The Compendium of Pesticide Common Names” http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides/.

Preferred pyrimidinedione herbicides include carfentrazone, carfentrazone-ethyl, sulfentrazone and mixtures thereof.

Preferred triazolinone herbicides include butafenacil.

Preferred diphenyl ether herbicides include acifluorfen, acifluorfen-sodium, acifluorfen-methyl, fomesafen, fomesafen-sodium, lactofen, oxyfluorfen and mixtures thereof.

Preferred N-phenyl phthalimide herbicides include flumioxazin.

In particular preferred combinations of the embodiment 2.1 the at least one herbicide C comprises at least one herbicide C.2 selected from the group of flumioxazin, carfentrazone, sulfentrazone, butafenacil, acifluorfen, fomesafen, lactofen, oxyfluorfen and their agriculturally acceptable salts and esters, such as in particular fomesafen-sodium, acifluorfen-sodium, acifluorfen-methyl, carfentrazone-ethyl.

In a third embodiment of the invention (embodiment 3), the herbicidal combinations of the invention comprise at least one herbicide C.3 which is a synthetic auxin. Synthetic auxins are compounds which act like the phytohormones auxins such as indole-3-acetic acid. Synthetic auxins belong to the group O of the HRAC classification system (see HRAC, Classification of Herbicides According to Mode of Action, http://www.plantprotection.org/hrac/MOA.html).

Herbicide compounds belonging to the group of synthetic auxins C.3 include e.g.

C.3.1 benzoic acid herbicides;

C.3.2 quinolinecarboxylic acid herbicides;

C.3.3 pyridine carboxylic acid herbicides;

C.3.4 phenoxycarboxylic acid herbicides; and

C.3.5 unclassified herbicides.

Benzoic acid herbicides (C.3.1) include e.g. dicamba, tricamba, chloramben and 2,3,6-TBA (2,3,6-trichlorobenzoic acid), and the salts and esters thereof.

Quinolinecarboxylic acid herbicides (C.3.2) include e.g. quinclorac and quinmerac, and the salts and esters thereof.

Pyridinecarboxylic acid herbicides (C.3.3) include e.g. aminopyralid, clopyralid, halauxifen, picloram, triclopyr and fluroxypyr, and their salts and their esters, such as aminopyralid-dimethylammonium, aminopyralid-tris(2-hydroxypropyl)ammonium, fluroxypyr-butometyl and fluroxypyr-meptyl.

Phenoxycarboxylic acid herbicides (C.3.4) include, e.g. phenoxyacetic acid herbicides such as 2,4-D, 3,4-DA, MCPA, MCPA-thioethyl, 2,4,5-T, phenoxypropionic acid herbicides such as 2,4-DP (dichlorprop), 2,4-DP-P, 4-CPP, 3,4-DP, fenoprop, CMPP (mecoprop), CMPP-P (mecoprop-P), and phenoxybutyric acid herbicides such as 4-CPB, 2,4-DB, 3,4-DB, 2,4,5-TB, MCPB, and their salts and their esters.

Unclassified herbicides (C.3.5) include, e.g. clacyfos, aminocyclopyrachlor, benazolin and clomeprop, and their salts and their esters, such as benazolin-ethyl.

In the combinations of this embodiment 3 the relative weight ratio of saflufenacil (herbicide A) to herbicide C.3 is preferably in the range from 1:250 to 5:1, more preferably in the range from 1:200 to 1:1, in particular from 1:150 to 1:1, specifically from 1:100 to 1:2 and particularly preferred from 1:70 to 1:2. The relative weight ratio of herbicide B to herbicide A +herbicide C.3 is preferably in the range from 80:1 to 1:800, more preferably from 40:1 to 1:400, in particular from 20:1 to 1:200, specifically from 10:1 to 1:100 and particularly preferred from 5:1 to 1:60.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the component c) comprises at least one herbicide selected from benzoic acid herbicides C.3.1 and phenoxycarboxylic acid herbicides C.3.4 (embodiment 3.1). Benzoic acid herbicides and phenoxycarboxylic acid herbicides, as well as herbicides C.3.2 and C.3.3, are known e.g. from C. D. S. Tomlin, “The Pesticide Manual”, 13th Edition, BCPC (2003), and also from “The Compendium of Pesticide Common Names” http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides/.

Preferred benzoic acid herbicides C.3.1 include dicamba, tricamba, chloramben and 2,3,6-TBA (2,3,6-trichlorobenzoic acid) and the salts the esters thereof, in particular their sodium salt, potassium salt, ammonium salt, substituted ammonium salts as defined above, in particular mono-, di- and tri-C₁-C₈-alkylammonium salts such as methylammonium, dimethylammonium and isopropylammonium, mono-, di- and tri-hydroxy-C₂-C₈-alkylammonium salts such as hydroxyethylammonium, di(hydroxyl-ethyl)ammonium, tri(hydroxyethyl)ammonium, hydroxypropylammonium, di(hydroxypropyl)ammonium and tri(hydroxypropyl)ammonium salts, or cationic polyamines as defined above, in particular BAPMA salts, and their esters, in particular its C₁-C₈-alkyl esters and C₁-C₄-alkoxy-C₂-C₄-alkyl esters, such as methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, butyl, hexyl, heptyl, iso-heptyl, isooctyl, 2-ethylhexyl and butoxyethyl esters. Suitable examples of such salts are dicamba-sodium, dicamba-potassium, dicamba-methylammonium, dicamba-isopropylammonium, dicamba-dimethylammonium, dicamba-diglycolammonium, dicamba-olamine, dicamba-diolamine, dicamba-trolamine, dicamba-BAPMA, tricamba-sodium, tricamba-potassium, tricamba-methylammonium, tricamba-isopropylammonium, tricamba-olamine, tricamba-diolamine, tricamba-trolamine, chloramben-ammonium, chloramben-methylammonium, chloramben-sodium, chloramben-diolamine, 2,3,6-T-sodium, 2,3,6-dimethylammonium. Suitable examples of such esters are dicamba-methyl and chloramben-methyl.

Particularly preferred benzoic acid herbicides C.3.1 include dicamba at its aforemented salts and esters. Even more preferred benzoic acid herbicides are dicamba and its salts, such as dicamba-sodium.

Preferred phenoxycarboxylic acid herbicides C.3.4 include 2,4-D, 2,4-DP (dichlorprop), 2,4-DP-P (dichlorprop-P), CMPP (mecoprop), CMPP-P, MCPA, MCPA-thioethyl, MCPB, their salts and their esters, in particular their sodium salt, potassium salt, ammonium salt or substituted ammonium salts as defined above, in particular mono-, di- and tri-C₁-C₈-alkylammonium salts such as methylammonium, dimethylammonium and isopropylammonium, mono-, di- and tri-hydroxy-C₂-C₈-alkylammonium salts such as hydroxyethylammonium, di(hydroxyethyl)ammonium, tri(hydroxyethyl)ammonium, hydroxypropylammonium, di(hydroxypropyl)ammonium and tri(hydroxypropyl)ammonium salts and their esters, in particular its C₁-C₈-alkyl esters and C₁-C₄-alkoxy-C₂-C₄-alkyl esters, such as methyl esters, ethyl esters, isopropyl, butyl, hexyl, heptyl, iso-heptyl, isooctyl, 2-ethylhexyl and butoxyethyl esters. Suitable examples of such salts and esters are for example 2,4-D-ammonium, 2,4-D-butotyl, 2,4-D-2-butoxypropyl, 2,4-D-3-butoxypropyl, 2,4-D-butyl, 2,4-D-diethylammonium, 2,4-D-dimethylammonium, 2,4-D-diolamine, 2,4-D-dodecylammonium, 2,4-D-ethyl, 2,4-D-2-ethylhexyl, 2,4-D-heptylammonium, 2,4-D-isobutyl, 2,4-D-isoctyl, 2,4-D-isopropyl, 2,4-D-isopropylammonium, 2,4-D-lithium, 2,4-D-meptyl, 2,4-D-methyl, 2,4-D-octyl, 2,4-D-pentyl, 2,4-D-propyl, 2,4-D-sodium, 2,4-D-tefuryl, 2,4-D-tetradecylammonium, 2,4-D-triethylammonium, 2,4-D-tris(2-hydroxypropyl)ammonium, 2,4-D-trolamine, MCPA-butotyl, MCPA-butyl, MCPA-dimethylammonium, MCPA-diolamine, MCPA-ethyl, MCPA-2-ethylhexyl, MCPA-isobutyl, MCPA-isoctyl, MCPA-isopropyl, MCPA-methyl, MCPA-olamine, MCPA-potassium, MCPA-sodium, MCPA-trolamine, dichlorprop-butotyl, dichlorprop-dimethylammonium, dichlorprop-ethylammonium, dichlorprop-2-ethylhexyl, dichlorprop-isoctyl, dichlorprop-methyl, dichlorprop-potassium, dichlorprop-sodium, dicloprop-P-dimethylammonium, mecoprop-dimethylammonium, mecoprop-diolamine, mecoprop-ethadyl, mecoprop-isoctyl, mecoprop-methyl, mecoprop-potassium, mecoprop-sodium, mecoprop-trolamine, mecoprop-P-dimethylammonium, mecoprop-P-isobutyl, mecoprop-P-potassium, MCPB-methyl, MCPB-ethyl and MCPB-sodium.

Particularly preferred phenoxycarboxylic acid herbicides C.3.4 include 2,4-D and its aforementioned salts and esters.

In particular preferred combinations of the embodiment 3.1 the at least one herbicide C comprises at least one herbicide C.3 selected from dicamba, 2,4-D and their agriculturally acceptable salts and esters.

In a fourth embodiment of the invention (embodiment 4), the herbicidal compositions of the invention comprise at least one herbicide C.4 which is an inhibitor of microtubule assembly (MTA inhibitor). MTA inhibitors are compounds which have a mode of action comprising the inhibition of the microtubule assembly in plants and which belong to the group K1 of the HRAC classification system (see HRAC, Classification of Herbicides According to Mode of Action, http://www.plantprotection.org/hrac/MOA.html). MTA inhibitors of the group C.4 include e.g. dinitroaniline herbicides (C.4.1), such as benfluralin, butralin, dinitramine, ethalfluralin, fluchloralin, oryzalin, pendimethalin, prodiamine and trifluralin, phosphoroamidate herbicides (C.4.2), such as amiprophos, amiprophos-methyl and butamiphos, pyridine herbicides (C.4.3), such as dithiopyr and thiazopyr, benzamide herbicides (C.4.4), such as propyzamide and tebutam, and benzoic acid herbicides (C.4.5), such as chlorthal and chlorthal-dimethyl. The term “MTA inhibitor” is meant herein to also include the respective salts, isomers and esters of the above mentioned compounds. Suitable salts are e.g. salts of alkaline or earth alkaline metals or ammonium or organoammonium salts, for instance, sodium, pottasium, ammonium, isopropyl ammonium etc. Suitable isomers are e.g. stereo isomers such as the enantiomers. Suitable esters are e.g. C₁-C₈-(branched or non-branched) alkyl esters, such as methylesters, ethylesters, iso propyl esters.

Preferred MTA inhibitors according to the present invention are selected from the group consisting of dinitroaniline herbicides C.4.1, in particular benfluralin, butralin, dinitramine, ethalfluralin, fluchloralin, isopropalin, methalpropalin, nitralin, oryzalin, pendimethalin, prodiamine, profluralin and trifluralin, more preferably oryzalin, pendimethalin and trifluralin. Dinitroaniline herbicides are known e.g. from U.S. Pat. No. 3,257,190: U.S. Pat. No. 3,321,292; U.S. Pat. No. 3,367,949; C. D. S. Tomlin, “The Pesticide Manual”, 13th Edition, BCPC (2003) and also from The Compendium of Pesticide Common Names, http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides/.

In the combinations of this embodiment 4 the relative weight ratio of saflufenacil (herbicide A) to herbicide C.4 is preferably in the range from 1:1000 to 1:1, more preferably in the range from 1:500 to 1:2, in particular from 1:250 to 1:5, specifically from 1:150 to 1:5 and particularly preferred from 1:75 to 1:10. The relative weight ratio of herbicide B to herbicide A +herbicide C.4 is preferably in the range from 20:1 to 1:1000, more preferably from 10:1 to 1:500, in particular from 5:1 to 1:250, specifically from 2:1 to 1:150 and particularly preferred from 2:1 to 1:60.

In a particular preferred combination of this embodiment 4 the at least one herbicide C comprises at least one herbicide C.4 which is pendimethalin.

In a fifth embodiment of the invention (embodiment 5), the herbicidal combinations of the invention comprise at least one herbicide C.5 which is an inhibitor of the acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC inhibitor). ACC inhibitors are compounds which have a mode of action comprising the inhibition of the lipid biosynthesis in plants and which belong to the group A of the HRAC classification system (see HRAC, Classification of Herbicides According to Mode of Action, http://www.plantprotection.org/hrac/MOA.html).

Suitable ACC inhibitors of the group C.5 are known from e.g. C. D. S. Tomlin, “The Pesticide Manual”, 13th Edition, BCPC (2003) and also from The Compendium of Pesticide Common Names http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides/.

The term “ACC inhibitor” is meant herein to also include the respective salts, isomers and esters of the above mentioned compounds. Suitable salts are e.g. salts of alkaline or earth alkaline metals or ammonium or organoammonium salts, for instance, sodium, pottasium, ammonium, isopropyl ammonium etc. Suitable isomers are e.g. stereo isomers such as the enantiomers. Suitable esters are e.g. propargyl esters, tefuryl (tetrahydrofurfuryl) esters, etotyl (ethoxyethyl) esters, C₁-C₈-(branched or non-branched) alkyl esters, such as methyl esters, ethyl esters, isopropyl esters, butyl esters and isobutyl esters.

Herbicide compounds belonging to the group of ACC inhibitors include e.g.

C.5.1 aryloxyphenoxy-propionate herbicides;

C.5.2 cyclohexanedione herbicides;

C.5.3 phenylpyrazoline herbicides; and

C.5.4 unclassified herbicides.

Aryloxyphenoxy-propionate herbicides (C.5.1) include e.g. chlorazifop, clodinafop, clofop, cyhalofop, diclofop, fenoxaprop, fenthiaprop, fluazifop, haloxyfop, isoxapyrifop, kuicaoxi, metamifop, propaquizafop, quizalofop, trifop and their enantiomers, salts and esters, such as fenoxaprop-P, fluazifop-P, haloxyfop-P, quizalofop-P, haloxyfop-sodium, chlorazifop-propargyl, clodinafop-propargyl, clofop-isobutyl, cyhalofop-butyl, diclofop-methyl, fenoxaprop-ethyl, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, fenthiaprop-ethyl, fluazifop-methyl, fluazifop-butyl, fluazifop-P-butyl, haloxyfop-etotyl, haloxyfop-methyl, haloxyfop-P-etotyl, haloxyfop-P-methyl, quizalofop-ethyl, quizalofop-tefuryl, quizalofop-P-ethyl and quizalofop-P-tefuryl.

Cyclohexanedione herbicides (C.5.2) include e.g. alloxydim, butroxydim, clethodim, cloproxydim, cycloxydim, profoxydim, sethoxydim, tepraloxydim, tralkoxydim and their salts, such as alloxydim-sodium.

Phenylpyrazoline herbicides (C.5.3) include in particular pinoxaden.

Unclassified herbicides (C.5.4) include e.g. 4-(4′-chloro-4-cyclopropyl-2′-fluoro[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl)-5-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-2H-pyran-3(6H)-one (CAS 1312337-72-6); 4-(2′,4′-dichloro-4-cyclopropyl[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl)-5-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-2H-pyran-3(6H)-one (CAS 1312337-45-3); 4-(4′-chloro-4-ethyl-2′-fluoro[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl)-5-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-2H-pyran-3(6H)-one (CAS 1033757-93-5); 4-(2′,4′-cichloro-4-ethyl[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl)-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-2H-pyran-3,5(4H,6H)-dione (CAS 1312340-84-3); 5-(acetyloxy)-4-(4′-chloro-4-cyclopropyl-2′-fluoro[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl)-3,6-dihydro-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-2H-pyran-3-one (CAS 1312337-48-6); 5-(acetyloxy)-4-(2′,4′-dichloro-4-cyclopropyl-[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl)-3,6-dihydro-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-2H-pyran-3-one; 5-(acetyloxy)-4-(4′-chloro-4-ethyl-2′-fluoro[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl)-3,6-dihydro-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-2H-pyran-3-one (CAS 1312340-82-1); 5-(acetyloxy)-4-(2′,4′-dichloro-4-ethyl[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl)-3,6-dihydro-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-2H-pyran-3-one (CAS 1033760-55-2); 4-(4′-chloro-4-cyclopropyl-2′-fluoro[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl)-5,6-dihydro-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-5-oxo-2H-pyran-3-yl carbonic acid methyl ester (CAS 1312337-51-1); 4-(2′,4′-Dichloro-4-cyclopropyl-[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl)-5,6-dihydro-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-5-oxo-2H-pyran-3-yl carbonic acid methyl ester; 4-(4′-chloro-4-ethyl-2′-fluoro[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl)-5,6-dihydro-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-5-oxo-2H-pyran-3-yl carbonic acid methyl ester (CAS 1312340-83-2); and 4-(2′,4′-dichloro-4-ethyl[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl)-5,6-dihydro-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-5-oxo-2H-pyran-3-yl carbonic acid methyl ester (CAS 1033760-58-5), as described in WO 2010/136431, WO 2011/073615 and WO 2011/073616.

In the combinations of this embodiment 5 the relative weight ratio of saflufenacil (herbicide A) to herbicide C.5 is preferably in the range from 1:100 to 100:1, more preferably in the range from 1:50 to 50:1, in particular from 1:25 to 25:1, specifically from 1:10 to 10:1 and particularly preferred from 1:5 to 5:1. The relative weight ratio of herbicide B to herbicide A+herbicide C.5 is preferably in the range from 500:1 to 1:100, more preferably from 150:1 to 1:50, in particular from 80:1 to 1:40, specifically from 40:1 to 1:15 and particularly preferred from 20:1 to 1:5.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the component c) comprises at least one herbicide selected from aryloxyphenoxy-propionate herbicides C.5.1 and cyclohexanedione herbicides C.5.2 (embodiment 5.1).

In another preferred embodiment of the invention, the component c) comprises at least one herbicide selected from aryloxyphenoxy-propionate herbicides C.5.1 (embodiment 5.2).

Preferred aryloxyphenoxy-propionate herbicides include fenoxaprop and haloxyfop, their enantiomers, salts and esters, and mixtures thereof.

Preferred cyclohexanedione herbicides include clethodim, profoxydim and sethoxydim.

In particular preferred combinations of the embodiment 5.1 the at least one herbicide C comprises at least one herbicide C.5 selected from the group of fenoxaprop, haloxyfop, clethodim, profoxydim, sethoxydim and their agriculturally acceptable enantiomers, salts and esters, such as in particular fenoxaprop-P, haloxyfop-P, haloxyfop-sodium, fenoxaprop-ethyl, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, haloxyfop-etotyl, haloxyfop-methyl, haloxyfop-P-etotyl and haloxyfop-P-methyl.

In particular preferred combinations of the embodiment 5.2 the at least one herbicide C comprises at least one herbicide C.5 selected from the group of fenoxaprop, haloxyfop and their agriculturally acceptable enantiomers, salts and esters, such as in particular fenoxaprop-P, haloxyfop-P, haloxyfop-sodium, fenoxaprop-ethyl, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, haloxyfop-etotyl, haloxyfop-methyl, haloxyfop-P-etotyl and haloxyfop-P-methyl.

In a sixth embodiment of the invention (embodiment 6), the herbicidal combinations of the invention comprise at least one herbicide C.6 which is an inhibitor of electron transfer in photosynthesis in plants. These compounds have a mode of action comprising the inhibition of the electron transfer in photosystem II of the photosynthesis in plants (PS II inhibitors). They belong to the groups C1 to C3 of the HRAC classification system (see HRAC, Classification of Herbicides According to Mode of Action, http://www.plantprotection.org/hrac/MOA.html).

Suitable PSII inhibitors are selected from the group consisting of:

C.6.1 arylurea herbicides;

C.6.2 triazin(di)one herbicides;

C.6.3 triazine herbicides;

C.6.4 pyridazinone herbicides;

C.6.5 phenylcarbamate herbicides;

C.6.6 nitrile herbicides;

C.6.7 benzothiadiazinone herbicides; and

C.6.8 uracil herbicides.

PS II inhibitors are known e.g. from K.-W. Münks and K.-H. Müller “Photosynthesis Inhibitors” in “Modern Crop Protection Compounds” Vol. 1, Wiley-VHC 2007, pp 359-400; C. D. S. Tomlin, “The Pesticide Manual”, 13th Edition, BCPC (2003) and also from The Compendium of Pesticide Common Names, http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides/.

The term “PS II inbhibitor” is meant herein to also include the respective salts, isomers and esters of the above mentioned compounds. Suitable salts are e.g. salts of alkaline or earth alkaline metals or ammonium or organoammonium salts, for instance, sodium, pottasium, ammonium, isopropyl ammonium etc. Suitable isomers are e.g. stereo isomers such as the enantiomers. Suitable esters are e.g. C₁-C₈-(branched or non-branched) alkyl esters, such as methyl esters, ethyl esters and isopropyl esters.

Arylurea herbicides herbicides (C.6.1) include e.g. chlorbromuron, chlorotoluron, chloroxuron, dimefuron, diuron, ethidimuron, fenuron, fluometuron, isoproturon, isouron, linuron, methabenzthiazuron, metobenzuron, metobromuron, metoxuron, monolinuron, neburon, siduron, tetrafluron, tebuthiuron, thiadiazuron and their salts and esters. Preferred arylurea herbicides herbicides (C.6.1) include chlortoluron, diuron, linuron, isoproturon and tebuthiuron.

Triazin(di)one herbicides (C.6.2) (i.e. triazinone and triazindione herbicides) include e.g. ametridione, amibuzin, ethiozin, hexazinone, isomethiozin, metamitron, metribuzin, trifludimoxazin and their salts and esters. Preferred triazin(di)one herbicides (C.6.2) include hexazinone, metamitron and metribuzin, in particular metribuzin.

Triazine herbicides (C.6.3) include e.g. ametryn, atrazine, aziprotryne, chlorazine, cyanatryn, cyanazine, cyprazine, desmetryn, dimethametryn, eglinazine, ipazine, mesoprazine, methoprotryne, prometryn, procyazine, proglinazine, prometon, propazine, sebuthylazine, simazine, simetryn, terbumeton, terbuthylazine, terbutryn, trietazine and their salts and esters, such as eglinazine-ethyl and proglinazine-ethyl. Preferred triazine herbicides (C.6.3) include ametryn, atrazine, terbuthylazine and simazine, in particular atrazine.

Pyridazinone herbicides (C.6.4) include e.g. brompyrazon, chloridazon, dimidazon, metflurazon, norflurazon, oxapyrazon, pydanon and their salts and esters. A preferred pyridazinone herbicide is chloridazon.

Phenylcarbamate herbicides (C.6.5) include e.g. desmedipham, karbutilate, phenisopham, phenmedipham and their salts and esters, such as phenmedipham-ethyl.

Nitrile herbicides (C.6.6) include e.g. bromobonil, bromofenoxim, bromoxynil, chloroxynil, dichlobenil, iodobonil and ioxynil and their salts and esters, in particular in case of bromoxynil, chloroxynil and ioxynil. A preferred nitrile herbicide is bromoxynil.

Benzothiadiazinone herbicides (C.6.7) include bentazone and its salts, in particular its alkalimetal salts, such as bentazone-sodium.

Uracil herbicides (C.6.8) include e.g. bromacil, flupropacil, isocil, lenacil, terbacil and the salts of bromacil, in particular its alkalimetal salts, such as bromacil-lithium and bromacil-sodium.

In the combinations of this embodiment 6 the relative weight ratio of saflufenacil (herbicide A) to herbicide C.6 is preferably in the range from 1:1000 to 5:1, more preferably in the range from 1:500 to 2:1, in particular from 1:250 to 1:1, specifically from 1:150 to 1:2 and particularly preferred from 1:75 to 1:2. The relative weight ratio of herbicide B to herbicide A+herbicide C.6 is preferably in the range from 100:1 to 1:1000, more preferably from 50:1 to 1:500, in particular from 20:1 to 1:400, specifically from 10:1 to 1:150 and particularly preferred from 5:1 to 1:60.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the component c) comprises at least one herbicide selected from

-   -   triazin(di)one herbicides C.6.2, in particular hexazinone,         metamitron and/or metribuzin, especially metribuzin;     -   triazine herbicides C.6.3, in particular atrazine and/or         terbuthylazine, especially atrazine; and     -   benzothiadiazinone herbicides C.6.7, in particular bentazone.

In particular preferred combinations of the embodiment 6 the at least one herbicide C comprises at least one herbicide C.6 selected from metribuzin, atrazine, bentazone and their agriculturally acceptable salts.

In a seventh embodiment of the invention (embodiment 7), the herbicidal combinations of the invention comprise at least one herbicide C.7 which is an inhibitor of pigment synthesis. Pigment synthesis inhibitors are compounds which have a mode of action comprising the inhibition of the carotenoid biosynthesis in plants and which belong to the groups F1 to F4 of the HRAC classification system (see HRAC, Classification of Herbicides According to Mode of Action, http://www.plantprotection.org/hrac/MOA.html).

The term “pigment synthesis inhibitor” is meant herein to also include the respective salts, isomers and esters of the above mentioned compounds.

Suitable pigment synthesis inhibitors are selected from the group consisting of:

C.7.1 phytoene desaturase (PDS) inhibitors;

C.7.2 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitors;

C.7.3 inhibitors of unknown target; and

C.7.4 1-deoxyxylulose-5-phosphate (DOXP) synthase inhibitors.

PDS inhibitors (C.7.1) are known from e.g. G. Hamprecht et al. “Phytoene Desaturase Inhibitors” in “Modern Crop Protection Compounds” Vol. 1, Wiley-VHC 2007, pp 187-211; from EP 723960, from C. D. S. Tomlin, “The Pesticide Manual”, 13th Edition, BCPC (2003) and also from The Compendium of Pesticide Common Names http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides/.

Suitable PDS inhibitors C.7.1 include e.g. pyridazinone herbicides, such as norflurazon, pyridinecarboxamide herbicides, such as flufenican, diflufenican and picolinafen, as well as herbicides not belonging to a common group, such as beflubutamid, fluridone, flurochloridone, flurtamone and 4-(3-trifluoromethylphenoxy)-2-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)pyrimidine (CAS 180608-33-7). Preferred PDS inhibitors according to the present invention are selected from the group consisting of pyridinecarboxamide herbicides, such as flufenican, diflufenican and picolinafen.

HPPD inhibitors (C.7.2), inhibitors of unknown target (C.7.3) and DOXP synthase inhibitors (C.7.4) are known from e.g. C. D. S. Tomlin, “The Pesticide Manual”, 13th Edition, BCPC (2003) and also from The Compendium of Pesticide Common Names http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides/.

Suitable HPPD inhibitors C.7.2 include e.g. cyclopropylisoxazole herbicides C.7.2.1, such as isoxachlortole and isoxaflutole, benzoylcyclohexanedione herbicides C.7.2.2, such as fenquinotrione, ketospiradox, mesotrione, sulcotrione, tefuryltrione and tembotrione, benzoylpyrazole herbicides C.7.2.3, such as benzofenap, pyrasulfotole, pyrazolynate, pyrazoxyfen, tolpyralate and topramezone, as well as unclassified herbicides, such as benzobicyclon and bicyclopyrone.

Isoxaflutole is a well known herbicide and commercially available, e.g. under the trade name BALANCE® and MERLIN®. Mesotrione is a well known herbicide and commercially available, e.g. under the trade name CALLISTO®. Sulcotrione is a well known herbicide and commercially available, e.g. under the trade name MIKADO®. Tropramzone is a well known herbicide and commercially available, e.g. under the trade names IMPACT® and CLIO®.

Suitable inhibitors of unknown target C.7.3 include e.g. amitrole, fluometuron and aclonifen.

Suitable DOXP synthase inhibitors C.7.4 inhibitors include e.g. clomazone.

In the combinations of this embodiment 7 the relative weight ratio of saflufenacil (herbicide A) to herbicide C.7 is preferably in the range from 1:250 to 100:1, more preferably in the range from 1:100 to 50:1, in particular from 1:50 to 20:1, specifically from 1:20 to 10:1 and particularly preferred from 1:10 to 5:1. The relative weight ratio of herbicide B to herbicide A+herbicide C.7 is preferably in the range from 450:1 to 1:250, more preferably from 150:1 to 1:100, in particular from 75:1 to 1:50, specifically from 40:1 to 1:30 and particularly preferred from 20:1 to 1:10.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the component c) comprises at least one herbicide selected from HPPD inhibitors C.7.2 and DOXP synthase inhibitors C.7.4, and specifically selected from

-   -   cyclopropylisoxazole herbicides C.7.2.1, in particular         isoxaflutole;     -   benzoylcyclohexanedione herbicides C. 7.2.2, in particular         mesotrione and/or tembotrione;     -   benzoylpyrazole herbicides C.7.2.3, in particular topramezone;     -   bicyclopyrone; and     -   DOXP synthase inhibitors C.7.4, in particular clomazone.

In particular preferred combinations of the embodiment 7 the at least one herbicide C comprises at least one herbicide C.7 selected from isoxaflutole, mesotrione, tembotrione, topramezone, bicyclopyrone, clomazone and their agriculturally acceptable salts.

In an eighth embodiment of the invention (embodiment 8), the herbicidal combinations of the invention comprise at least one herbicide C.8 which is an inhibitor of the very long chain fatty acid (VLCFA) synthesis inhibitor. VLCFA inhibitors are compounds which have a mode of action comprising the inhibition of the VLCA synthesis and/or the inhibition of cell division in plants and which belong to the group K3 of the HRAC classification system (see HRAC, Classification of Herbicides According to Mode of Action, http://www.plantprotection.org/hrac/MOA.html).

Herbicides C.8 are selected from:

-   -   C.8.1 chloroacetamide herbicides, such as acetochlor, alachlor,         butachlor, dimethachlor, dimethenamid, metazachlor, metolachlor,         pethoxamid, pretilachlor, propachlor, propisochlor, thenylchlor         and their enantiomers, salts and esters, such as dimethenamid-P         and S-metolachlor,     -   C.8.2 oxyacetamide herbicides, such as flufenacet and mefenacet,     -   C.8.3 acetamide herbicides, such as as diphenamid, napropamide,         naproanilide and their enantiomers, such as napropamide-M, and     -   C.8.4 tetrazolinone herbicides, such as fentrazamide.

VLCFA inhibitors of the groups C.8.1 to C.8.4 are known from e.g. C. D. S. Tomlin, “The Pesticide Manual”, 13th Edition, BCPC (2003) and also from The Compendium of Pesticide Common Names http:www.alanwood.net/pesticides/.

The term “VLCFA inhibitor” is meant herein to also include the respective salts, isomers and esters of the above mentioned compounds. Suitable salts are e.g. salts of alkaline or earth alkaline metals or ammonium or organoammonium salts, for instance, sodium, pottasium, ammonium, isopropyl ammonium etc. Suitable isomers are e.g. stereo isomers such as the enantiomers. Suitable esters are e.g. C₁-C₈-(branched or non-branched) alkyl esters, such as methyl esters, ethyl esters, isopropyl esters.

In the combinations of this embodiment 8 the relative weight ratio of saflufenacil (herbicide A) to herbicide C.8 is preferably in the range from 1:1000 to 10:1, more preferably in the range from 1:500 to 5:1, in particular from 1:250 to 2:1, specifically from 1:150 to 2:1 and particularly preferred from 1:75 to 1:1. The relative weight ratio of herbicide B to herbicide A+herbicide C.8 is preferably in the range from 100:1 to 1:500, more preferably from 50:1 to 1:250, in particular from 20:1 to 1:200, specifically from 20:1 to 1:100 and particularly preferred from 15:1 to 1:60.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the component c) comprises at least one herbicide selected from chloroacetamide herbicides C.8.1 and oxyacetamide herbicides C.8.2 (embodiment 8.1).

Preferred chloroacetamide herbicides include acetochlor, dimethenamid, metazachlor, metolachlor, their enantiomers, such as in particular dimethenamid-P and S-metolachlor, and mixtures thereof.

Preferred oxyacetamide herbicides include in particular flufenacet.

In particular preferred combinations of the embodiment 8.1 the at least one herbicide C comprises at least one herbicide C.8 selected from the group of acetochlor, dimethenamid, metazachlor, metolachlor, flufenacet and their agriculturally acceptable enantiomers, such as in particular dimethenamid-P and S-metolachlor.

The single herbicide B of the herbicidal combination according to the present invention is a compound selected from the group of sulfentrazone, flumioxazin, dicamba and their salts and esters, such as in particular dicamba-sodium, dicamba-potassium, dicamba-methylammonium, dicamba-isopropylammonium, dicamba-dimethylammonium, dicamba-diglycolammonium, dicamba-olamine, dicamba-diolamine, dicamba-trolamine and dicamba-BAPMA.

In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention the herbicide B is selected from the group of sulfentrazone, flumioxazin, dicamba, dicamba-sodium, dicamba-potassium, dicamba-isopropylammonium, dicamba-dimethylammonium, dicamba-diglycolammonium, dicamba-BAPMA and dicamba-methyl.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention the at least one herbicide C of the herbicidal combination according to the invention is selected from the group of diclosulam, cloransulam, flumetsulam, thiencarbazone, nicosulfuron, rimsulfuron, chlorimuron, thifensulfuron, imazapyr, imazamox, imazaquin, imazapic, imazethapyr, flumioxazin, butafenacil, carfentrazone, sulfentrazone, acifluorfen, fomesafen, lactofen, oxyfluorfen, dicamba, 2,4-D, pendimethalin, fenoxaprop, haloxyfop, clethodim, sethoxydim, profoxydim, atrazine, metribuzin, bentazone, clomazone, isoxaflutole, mesotrione, tembotrione, bicyclopyrone, topramezone, dimethenamid, acetochlor, metolachlor, metazachlor, flufenacet and their agriculturally acceptable enantiomers, salts and esters. More preferably the at least one herbicide C is selected from the group of sulfentrazone, fomesafen, oxyfluorfen, flumioxazin, dimethenamid, acetochlor, pendimethalin, dicamba, imazamox, imazaquin, imazethapyr, atrazine, diclosulam, cloransulam, mesotrione, isoxaflutole, topramezone, clethodim, 2,4-D, flufenacet, fenoxaprop and their enantiomers, salts and esters, and particularly preferred from the group of fomesafen, flumioxazin, dimethenamid, acetochlor, pendimethalin, dicamba, imazamox, imazaquin, imazethapyr, atrazine, diclosulam, mesotrione, isoxaflutole, topramezone, clethodim, 2,4-D and their enantiomers, salts and esters.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention the at least one herbicide C of the herbicidal combination according to the invention is selected from the group of diclosulam, cloransulam, cloransulam-ammonium, cloransulam-methyl, flumetsulam, thiencarbazone, thiencarbazone-methyl, nicosulfuron, rimsulfuron, chlorimuron, chlorimuron-ethyl, thifensulfuron, thifensulfuron-methyl, imazapyr, imazamox, imazaquin, imazapic, imazethapyr, flumioxazin, butafenacil, carfentrazone, carfentrazone-ethyl, sulfentrazone, acifluorfen, acifluorfen-sodium, acifluorfen-methyl, fomesafen, fomesafen-sodium, lactofen, oxyfluorfen, dicamba, dicamba-sodium, dicamba-potassium, dicamba-methylammonium, dicamba-isopropylammonium, dicamba-dimethylammonium, dicamba-diglycolammonium, dicamba-olamine, dicamba-diolamine, dicamba-trolamine, dicamba-BAPMA, dicamba-methyl, 2,4-D, 2,4-D-ammonium, 2,4-D-butotyl, 2,4-D-2-butoxypropyl, 2,4-D-3-butoxypropyl, 2,4-D-butyl, 2,4-D-diethylammonium, 2,4-D-dimethylammonium, 2,4-D-diolamine, 2,4-D-dodecylammonium, 2,4-D-ethyl, 2,4-D-2-ethylhexyl, 2,4-D-heptylammonium, 2,4-D-isobutyl, 2,4-D-isoctyl, 2,4-D-isopropyl, 2,4-D-isopropylammonium, 2,4-D-lithium, 2,4-D-meptyl, 2,4-D-methyl, 2,4-D-octyl, 2,4-D-pentyl, 2,4-D-propyl, 2,4-D-sodium, 2,4-D-tefuryl, 2,4-D-tetradecylammonium, 2,4-D-triethylammonium, 2,4-D-tris(2-hydroxypropyl)ammonium, 2,4-D-trolamine, pendimethalin, fenoxaprop, fenoxaprop-P, fenoxaprop-ethyl, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, haloxyfop, haloxyfop-P, haloxyfop-sodium, haloxyfop-etotyl, haloxyfop-methyl, haloxyfop-P-etotyl, haloxyfop-P-methyl, clethodim, sethoxydim, profoxydim, atrazine, metribuzin, bentazone, bentazone-sodium, clomazone, isoxaflutole, mesotrione, tembotrione, bicyclopyrone, topramezone, dimethenamid, dimethenamid-P, acetochlor, metolachlor, S-metolachlor, metazachlor and flufenacet. More preferably the at least one herbicide C is selected from the group of sulfentrazone, fomesafen, fomesafen-sodium, oxyfluorfen, flumioxazin, dimethenamid, dimethenamid-P, acetochlor, pendimethalin, dicamba, dicamba-sodium, dicamba-potassium, dicamba-isopropylammonium, dicamba-dimethylammonium, dicamba-diglycolammonium, dicamba-BAPMA, dicamba-methyl, imazamox, imazaquin, imazethapyr, atrazine, diclosulam, cloransulam, mesotrione, isoxaflutole, topramezone, clethodim, 2,4-D, 2,4-D-sodium, 2,4-D-dimethylammonium, 2,4-D-2-ethylhexyl, flufenacet and fenoxaprop.

In a particular preferred embodiment of the of the present invention the at least one herbicide C of the herbicidal combination according to the invention is selected from the group of fomesafen, flumioxazin, dimethenamid, acetochlor, pendimethalin, dicamba, imazamox, imazaquin, imazethapyr, atrazine, diclosulam, mesotrione, isoxaflutole, topramezone, clethodim, 2,4-D and their enantiomers, salts and esters, such as in particular fomesafen-sodium, dimethenamid-P, dicamba-sodium, dicamba-potassium, dicamba-isopropylammonium, dicamba-dimethylammonium, dicamba-diglycolammonium, dicamba-BAPMA, dicamba-methyl, 2,4-D-sodium, 2,4-D-dimethylammonium and 2,4-D-2-ethylhexyl.

In another particular preferred embodiment of the invention the herbicidal combination comprises sulfentrazone as herbicide B and at least one herbicide C which is preferably selected from diclosulam, cloransulam, flumetsulam, thiencarbazone, nicosulfuron, rimsulfuron, chlorimuron, thifensulfuron, imazapyr, imazamox, imazaquin, imazapic, imazethapyr, flumioxazin, butafenacil, carfentrazone, acifluorfen, fomesafen, lactofen, oxyfluorfen, dicamba, 2,4-D, pendimethalin, fenoxaprop, haloxyfop, clethodim, sethoxydim, profoxydim, atrazine, metribuzin, bentazone, clomazone, isoxaflutole, mesotrione, tembotrione, bicyclopyrone, topramezone, dimethenamid, acetochlor, metolachlor, metazachlor, flufenacet and their agriculturally acceptable enantiomers, salts and esters, in particular the aforementioned specific enantiomers, salts and esters, especially those mentioned herein as preferred.

In another particular preferred embodiment of the invention the herbicidal combination comprises flumioxazin as herbicide B and at least one herbicide C which is preferably selected from diclosulam, cloransulam, flumetsulam, thiencarbazone, nicosulfuron, rimsulfuron, chlorimuron, thifensulfuron, imazapyr, imazamox, imazaquin, imazapic, imazethapyr, butafenacil, carfentrazone, sulfentrazone, acifluorfen, fomesafen, lactofen, oxyfluorfen, dicamba, 2,4-D-2-ethylhexyl, pendimethalin, fenoxaprop, haloxyfop, clethodim, sethoxydim, profoxydim, atrazine, metribuzin, bentazone, clomazone, isoxaflutole, mesotrione, tembotrione, bicyclopyrone, topramezone, dimethenamid, acetochlor, metolachlor, metazachlor, flufenacet and, with the exception of 2,4-D-2-ethylhexyl,their agriculturally acceptable enantiomers, salts and esters, in particular the aforementioned specific enantiomers, salts and esters, especially those mentioned herein as preferred.

In another particular preferred embodiment of the invention the herbicidal combination comprises dicamba or one of its aforementioned salts or esters, such as in particular dicamba-sodium, dicamba-potassium, dicamba-isopropylammonium, dicamba-dimethylammonium, dicamba-diglycolammonium, dicamba-BAPMA or dicamba-methyl, as herbicide B and at least one herbicide C which is preferably selected from diclosulam, cloransulam, flumetsulam, thiencarbazone, nicosulfuron, rimsulfuron, chlorimuron, thifensulfuron, imazamox, imazaquin, imazapic, imazethapyr, flumioxazin, butafenacil, carfentrazone, sulfentrazone, acifluorfen, fomesafen, lactofen, oxyfluorfen, 2,4-D, pendimethalin, fenoxaprop, haloxyfop, clethodim, sethoxydim, profoxydim, atrazine, metribuzin, bentazone, clomazone, isoxaflutole, mesotrione, tembotrione, bicyclopyrone, topramezone, dimethenamid, acetochlor, metolachlor, metazachlor, flufenacet and their agriculturally acceptable enantiomers, salts and esters, in particular the aforementioned specific enantiomers, salts and esters, especially those mentioned herein as preferred.

Examples of suitable herbicidal combinations of the invention that include herbicides A, B and C are listed in the following table 1. Also given in table 1 are the ranges for the weight ratios of herbicide A to herbicide C as well as of herbicide B to herbicides A+C for each listed combination.

TABLE 1 Each of the following herbicidal combinations of Nos. 1 to 60 includes, besides the listed herbicides B and C, saflufenacil as herbicide A. No. Herbicide B* Herbicide C* A:C w/w B:(A + C) w/w 1 sulfentrazone flumioxazin 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 2 sulfentrazone fomesafen 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 3 sulfentrazone oxyfluorfen 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 4 sulfentrazone dimethenamid 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 5 sulfentrazone acetochlor 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 6 sulfentrazone pendimethalin 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 7 sulfentrazone dicamba 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 8 sulfentrazone imazamox 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 9 sulfentrazone imazaquin 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 10 sulfentrazone imazethapyr 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 11 sulfentrazone atrazine 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 12 sulfentrazone diclosulam 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 13 sulfentrazone cloransulam 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 14 sulfentrazone mesotrione 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 15 sulfentrazone isoxaflutole 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 16 sulfentrazone topramezone 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 17 sulfentrazone clethodim 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 18 sulfentrazone 2,4-D 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 19 sulfentrazone flufenacet 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 20 sulfentrazone fenoxaprop 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 21 flumioxazin sulfentrazone 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 22 flumioxazin fomesafen 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 23 flumioxazin oxyfluorfen 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 24 flumioxazin dimethenamid 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 25 flumioxazin acetochlor 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 26 flumioxazin pendimethalin 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 27 flumioxazin dicamba 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 28 flumioxazin imazamox 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 29 flumioxazin Imazaquin 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 30 flumioxazin imazethapyr 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 31 flumioxazin atrazine 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 32 flumioxazin diclosulam 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 33 flumioxazin cloransulam 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 34 flumioxazin mesotrione 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 35 flumioxazin isoxaflutole 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 36 flumioxazin topramezone 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 37 flumioxazin clethodim 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 38 flumioxazin 2,4-D-2- 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 ethylhexyl 39 flumioxazin flufenacet 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 40 flumioxazin fenoxaprop 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 41 dicamba sulfentrazone 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 42 dicamba flumioxazin 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 43 dicamba fomesafen 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 44 dicamba oxyfluorfen 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 45 dicamba dimethenamid 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 46 dicamba acetochlor 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 47 dicamba pendimethalin 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 48 dicamba imazamox 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 49 dicamba imazaquin 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 50 dicamba imazethapyr 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 51 dicamba atrazine 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 52 dicamba diclosulam 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 53 dicamba cloransulam 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 54 dicamba mesotrione 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 55 dicamba isoxaflutole 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 56 dicamba topramezone 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 57 dicamba clethodim 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 58 dicamba 2,4-D 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 59 dicamba flufenacet 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 60 dicamba fenoxaprop 1:500 to 100:1 150:1 to 1:400 *may be applied in the form of its enantiomer, salt or ester, unless a specific enantiomer, salt or ester is mentioned.

Particularly preferred combinations of herbicides A, B and C according to the present invention are selected from the following combinations:

-   -   herbicide A, sulfentrazone and flumioxazin,     -   herbicide A, sulfentrazone and fomesafen,     -   herbicide A, sulfentrazone and dimethenamid,     -   herbicide A, sulfentrazone and acetochlor,     -   herbicide A, sulfentrazone and pendimethalin,     -   herbicide A, sulfentrazone and clethodim,     -   herbicide A, sulfentrazone and dicamba,     -   herbicide A, sulfentrazone and imazamox,     -   herbicide A, sulfentrazone and imazaquin,     -   herbicide A, sulfentrazone and imazethapyr,     -   herbicide A, sulfentrazone and atrazine,     -   herbicide A, sulfentrazone and diclosulam,     -   herbicide A, sulfentrazone and mesotrione,     -   herbicide A, sulfentrazone and isoxaflutole,     -   herbicide A, sulfentrazone and topramezone,     -   herbicide A, sulfentrazone and 2,4-D,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and fomesafen,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and dimethenamid,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and acetochlor,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and pendimethalin,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and clethodim,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and dicamba,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and imazamox,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and imazaquin,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and imazethapyr,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and atrazine,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and diclosulam,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and mesotrione,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and isoxaflutole,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and topramezone,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and the 2-ethylhexyl ester of 2,4-D,     -   herbicide A, dicamba and fomesafen,     -   herbicide A, dicamba and dimethenamid,     -   herbicide A, dicamba and acetochlor,     -   herbicide A, dicamba and pendimethalin,     -   herbicide A, dicamba and clethodim,     -   herbicide A, dicamba and imazamox,     -   herbicide A, dicamba and imazaquin,     -   herbicide A, dicamba and imazethapyr,     -   herbicide A, dicamba and atrazine,     -   herbicide A, dicamba and diclosulam,     -   herbicide A, dicamba and mesotrione,     -   herbicide A, dicamba and isoxaflutole,     -   herbicide A, dicamba and topramezone, and     -   herbicide A, dicamba and 2,4-D,

wherein dimethenamid, dicamba and 2,4-D in each case may optionally be present in the form of their respective enantiomers, salts or esters, in particular their aforementioned preferred enantiomers, salts or esters, unless a specific enantiomer, salt or ester is designated.

Even more preferred combinations of herbicides A, B and C according to the present invention are selected from the following combinations:

-   -   herbicide A, sulfentrazone and dimethenamid,     -   herbicide A, sulfentrazone and imazethapyr,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and dimethenamid,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and dicamba,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and imazamox,     -   herbicide A, flumioxazin and imazethapyr,     -   herbicide A, dicamba and dimethenamid, and     -   herbicide A, dicamba and imazethapyr,

wherein dimethenamid in each case may optionally be present in the form of one of its enantiomers, in particular dimethenamid-P, and dicamba may optionally be present in the form of one of its salts or esters, in particular dicamba-sodium, dicamba-potassium, dicamba-isopropylammonium, dicamba-dimethylammonium, dicamba-diglycolammonium, dicamba-BAPMA or dicamba-methyl.

In a ninth embodiment of the invention (embodiment 9), the herbicidal combinations of the invention comprise, as component d), at least one further herbicide D which is different from herbicides B and C, and which is selected from synthetic auxins, ACC inhibitors, photosystem II inhibitors, pigment synthesis inhibitors, VLCFA inhibitors, imidazolinone herbicides and dinitroaniline herbicides. Synthetic auxins, ACC inhibitors, photosystem II inhibitors, pigment synthesis inhibitors and VLCFA inhibitors that are suitable in this embodiment are those mentioned in this context of herbicides C.3, C.5, C.6, C.7 and C.8.

Preferred synthetic auxins in the context of the embodiment 9 include the aforementioned benzoic acid herbicides (herbicides C.3.1), such as e.g. dicamba, tricamba, chloramben and 2,3,6-TBA (2,3,6-trichlorobenzoic acid) and the salts and esters thereof.

In particular preferred herbicidal combinations of the embodiment 9 the at least one further herbicide D is at least one synthetic auxin selected from dicamba and its salts and esters, such as in particular dicamba-sodium.

Preferred ACC inhibitors in the context of the embodiment 9 include the aforementioned cyclohexanedione herbicides (herbicides C.5.2), such as e.g. alloxydim, butroxydim, clethodim, cloproxydim, cycloxydim, profoxydim, sethoxydim, tepraloxydim, tralkoxydim and their salts, such as alloxydim-sodium.

In particular preferred herbicidal combinations of the embodiment 9 the at least one further herbicide D is at least one ACC inhibitor which is clethodim.

Preferred photosystem II inhibitors in the context of the embodiment 9 include the aforementioned triazine herbicides (herbicides C.6.3), such as e.g. atrazine, chlorazine, cyanazine, cyprazine, eglinazine, ipazine, mesoprazine, procyazine, proglinazine, propazine, sebuthylazine, simazine, terbuthylazine, trietazine and their salts and esters, such as eglinazine-ethyl and proglinazine-ethyl.

In particular preferred herbicidal combinations of the embodiment 9 the at least one further herbicide D is at least one photosystem II inhibitor which is selected from atrazine, terbuthylazine and simazine, and in particular is atrazine.

Preferred pigment synthesis inhibitors in the context of the embodiment 9 include the aforementioned DOXP synthase inhibitors (herbicides C.7.4), such as e.g. clomazone, and the benzoylcyclohexanedione herbicides (herbicides C.7.2.2), such as fenquinotrione, ketospiradox, mesotrione, sulcotrione, tefuryltrione and tembotrione.

In particular preferred herbicidal herbicidal combinations of the embodiment 9 the at least one further herbicide D is at least one pigment synthesis inhibitor selected from clomazone, mesotrione and tembotrione.

Preferred VLCFA inhibitors in the context of the embodiment 9 include the aforementioned chloroacetamide herbicides (herbicides C.8.1), such as e.g. acetochlor, alachlor, butachlor, dimethachlor, dimethenamid, dimethenamid-P, metazachlor, metolachlor, S-metolachlor, pethoxamid, pretilachlor, propachlor, propisochlor and thenylchlor.

In particular preferred herbicidal herbicidal combinations of the embodiment 9 the at least one further herbicide D is at least one VLCFA inhibitor selected from dimethenamid, dimethenamid-P and acetochlor.

In the context of the embodiment 9 imidazolinone herbicides are those that are described above as herbicides C.1.5, e.g. imazamethabenz, imazamox, imazapic, imazapyr, imazaquin and imazethapyr, and the esters thereof such as imazamethabenz-methyl.

In particular preferred herbicidal combinations of the embodiment 9 the at least one further herbicide D is at least one imidazolinone herbicide selected from imazethapyr, imazamox, imazapyr and imazapic.

In the context of the embodiment 9 dinitroaniline herbicides are those that are described above as herbicides C.4.1 , e.g. benfluralin, butralin, chlornidine, dinitramine, dipropalin, ethalfluralin, fluchloralin, isopropalin, methalpropalin, nitralin, oryzalin, pendimethalin, prodiamine, profluralin and trifluralin.

In particular preferred herbicidal herbicidal combinations of the embodiment 9 the at least one further herbicide D is at least one dinitroaniline herbicide which is pendimethalin.

In the combinations of the embodiment 9 the relative weight ratio of saflufenacil (herbicide A) to herbicide D is preferably in the range from 1:1000 to 50:1, more preferably in the range from 1:500 to 20:1, in particular from 1:200 to 10:1, specifically from 1:100 to 5:1 and particularly preferred from 1:50 to 3:1. The relative weight ratio of herbicide B to herbicides A+C+D is preferably in the range from 150:1 to 1:1100, more preferably from 100:1 to 1:550, in particular from 75:1 to 1:440, specifically from 50:1 to 1:160 and particularly preferred from 20:1 to 1:50.

Examples of suitable herbicidal combinations of the invention that include herbicides A, B, C and D are listed in the following table 2. Also given in table 2 are the ranges for the weight ratios of herbicide A to herbicide C as well as of herbicide B to herbicides (A+C+D) for each listed combination.

TABLE 2 Each of the following herbicidal combinations of Nos. 1 to 523 includes, besides the listed herbicides B, C and D, saflufenacil as herbicide A. No. Herbicide B* Herbicide C* Herbicide D* A:C w/w B:(A + C + D) w/w 1 sulfentrazone flumioxazin dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 2 sulfentrazone fomesafen dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 3 sulfentrazone dimethenamid dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 4 sulfentrazone acetochlor dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 5 sulfentrazone pendimethalin dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 6 sulfentrazone clethodim dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 7 sulfentrazone imazamox dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 8 sulfentrazone imazaquin dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 9 sulfentrazone imazethapyr dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 10 sulfentrazone atrazine dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 11 sulfentrazone diclosulam dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 12 sulfentrazone mesotrione dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 13 sulfentrazone isoxaflutole dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 14 sulfentrazone topramezone dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 15 sulfentrazone 2,4-D dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 16 flumioxazin fomesafen dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 17 flumioxazin clethodim dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 18 flumioxazin imazaquin dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 19 flumioxazin dimethenamid dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 20 flumioxazin acetochlor dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 21 flumioxazin pendimethalin dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 22 flumioxazin imazamox dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 23 flumioxazin imazethapyr dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 24 flumioxazin atrazine dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 25 flumioxazin diclosulam dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 26 flumioxazin mesotrione dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 27 flumioxazin isoxaflutole dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 28 flumioxazin topramezone dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 29 flumioxazin 2,4-D-2- dicamba 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 ethylhexyl 30 sulfentrazone flumioxazin clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 31 sulfentrazone fomesafen clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 32 sulfentrazone dimethenamid clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 33 sulfentrazone acetochlor clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 34 sulfentrazone pendimethalin clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 35 sulfentrazone dicamba clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 36 sulfentrazone imazamox clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 37 sulfentrazone imazaquin clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 38 sulfentrazone imazethapyr clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 39 sulfentrazone atrazine clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 40 sulfentrazone diclosulam clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 41 sulfentrazone mesotrione clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 42 sulfentrazone isoxaflutole clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 43 sulfentrazone topramezone clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 44 sulfentrazone 2,4-D clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 45 flumioxazin fomesafen clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 46 flumioxazin clethodim clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 47 flumioxazin imazaquin clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 48 flumioxazin dimethenamid clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 49 flumioxazin acetochlor clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 50 flumioxazin pendimethalin clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 51 flumioxazin dicamba clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 52 flumioxazin imazamox clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 53 flumioxazin imazethapyr clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 54 flumioxazin atrazine clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 55 flumioxazin diclosulam clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 56 flumioxazin mesotrione clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 57 flumioxazin isoxaflutole clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 58 flumioxazin topramezone clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 59 flumioxazin 2,4-D-2- clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 ethylhexyl 60 dicamba fomesafen clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 61 dicamba clethodim clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 62 dicamba imazaquin clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 63 dicamba dimethenamid clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 64 dicamba acetochlor clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 65 dicamba pendimethalin clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 66 dicamba imazamox clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 67 dicamba imazethapyr clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 68 dicamba atrazine clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 69 dicamba diclosulam clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 70 dicamba mesotrione clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 71 dicamba isoxaflutole clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 72 dicamba topramezone clethodim 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 73 sulfentrazone flumioxazin atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 74 sulfentrazone fomesafen atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 75 sulfentrazone dimethenamid atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 76 sulfentrazone acetochlor atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 77 sulfentrazone pendimethalin atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 78 sulfentrazone clethodim atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 79 sulfentrazone dicamba atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 80 sulfentrazone imazamox atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 81 sulfentrazone imazaquin atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 82 sulfentrazone imazethapyr atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 83 sulfentrazone diclosulam atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 84 sulfentrazone mesotrione atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 85 sulfentrazone isoxaflutole atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 86 sulfentrazone topramezone atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 87 sulfentrazone 2,4-D atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 88 flumioxazin fomesafen atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 89 flumioxazin clethodim atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 90 flumioxazin imazaquin atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 91 flumioxazin dimethenamid atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 92 flumioxazin acetochlor atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 93 flumioxazin pendimethalin atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 94 flumioxazin dicamba atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 95 flumioxazin imazamox atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 96 flumioxazin imazethapyr atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 97 flumioxazin diclosulam atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 98 flumioxazin mesotrione atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 99 flumioxazin isoxaflutole atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 100 flumioxazin topramezone atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 101 flumioxazin 2,4-D-2- atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 ethylhexyl 102 dicamba fomesafen atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 103 dicamba clethodim atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 104 dicamba imazaquin atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 105 dicamba dimethenamid atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 106 dicamba acetochlor atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 107 dicamba pendimethalin atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 108 dicamba imazamox atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 109 dicamba imazethapyr atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 110 dicamba diclosulam atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 111 dicamba mesotrione atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 112 dicamba isoxaflutole atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 113 dicamba topramezone atrazine 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 114 sulfentrazone flumioxazin clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 115 sulfentrazone fomesafen clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 116 sulfentrazone dimethenamid clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 117 sulfentrazone acetochlor clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 118 sulfentrazone pendimethalin clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 119 sulfentrazone clethodim clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 120 sulfentrazone dicamba clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 121 sulfentrazone imazamox clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 122 sulfentrazone imazaquin clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 123 sulfentrazone imazethapyr clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 124 sulfentrazone atrazine clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 125 sulfentrazone diclosulam clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 126 sulfentrazone mesotrione clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 127 sulfentrazone isoxaflutole clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 128 sulfentrazone topramezone clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 129 sulfentrazone 2,4-D clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 130 flumioxazin fomesafen clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 131 flumioxazin clethodim clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 132 flumioxazin imazaquin clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 133 flumioxazin dimethenamid clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 134 flumioxazin acetochlor clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 135 flumioxazin pendimethalin clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 136 flumioxazin dicamba clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 137 flumioxazin imazamox clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 138 flumioxazin imazethapyr clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 139 flumioxazin atrazine clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 140 flumioxazin diclosulam clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 141 flumioxazin mesotrione clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 142 flumioxazin isoxaflutole clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 143 flumioxazin topramezone clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 144 flumioxazin 2,4-D-2- clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 ethylhexyl 145 dicamba fomesafen clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 146 dicamba clethodim clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 147 dicamba imazaquin clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 148 dicamba dimethenamid clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 149 dicamba acetochlor clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 150 dicamba pendimethalin clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 151 dicamba imazamox clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 152 dicamba imazethapyr clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 153 dicamba atrazine clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 154 dicamba diclosulam clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 155 dicamba mesotrione clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 156 dicamba isoxaflutole clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 157 dicamba topramezone clomazone 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 158 sulfentrazone flumioxazin mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 159 sulfentrazone fomesafen mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 160 sulfentrazone dimethenamid mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 161 sulfentrazone acetochlor mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 162 sulfentrazone pendimethalin mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 163 sulfentrazone clethodim mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 164 sulfentrazone dicamba mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 165 sulfentrazone imazamox mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 166 sulfentrazone imazaquin mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 167 sulfentrazone imazethapyr mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 168 sulfentrazone atrazine mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 169 sulfentrazone diclosulam mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 170 sulfentrazone isoxaflutole mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 171 sulfentrazone topramezone mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 172 sulfentrazone 2,4-D mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 173 flumioxazin fomesafen mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 174 flumioxazin clethodim mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 175 flumioxazin imazaquin mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 176 flumioxazin dimethenamid mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 177 flumioxazin acetochlor mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 178 flumioxazin pendimethalin mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 179 flumioxazin dicamba mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 180 flumioxazin imazamox mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 181 flumioxazin imazethapyr mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 182 flumioxazin atrazine mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 183 flumioxazin diclosulam mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 184 flumioxazin isoxaflutole mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 185 flumioxazin topramezone mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 186 flumioxazin 2,4-D-2- mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 ethylhexyl 187 dicamba fomesafen mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 188 dicamba clethodim mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 189 dicamba imazaquin mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 190 dicamba dimethenamid mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 191 dicamba acetochlor mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 192 dicamba pendimethalin mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 193 dicamba imazamox mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 194 dicamba imazethapyr mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 195 dicamba atrazine mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 196 dicamba diclosulam mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 197 dicamba isoxaflutole mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 198 dicamba topramezone mesotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 199 sulfentrazone flumioxazin tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 200 sulfentrazone fomesafen tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 201 sulfentrazone dimethenamid tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 202 sulfentrazone acetochlor tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 203 sulfentrazone pendimethalin tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 204 sulfentrazone clethodim tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 205 sulfentrazone dicamba tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 206 sulfentrazone imazamox tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 207 sulfentrazone imazaquin tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 208 sulfentrazone imazethapyr tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 209 sulfentrazone atrazine tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 210 sulfentrazone diclosulam tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 211 sulfentrazone mesotrione tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 212 sulfentrazone isoxaflutole tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 213 sulfentrazone topramezone tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 214 sulfentrazone 2,4-D tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 215 flumioxazin fomesafen tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 216 flumioxazin clethodim tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 217 flumioxazin imazaquin tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 218 flumioxazin dimethenamid tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 219 flumioxazin acetochlor tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 220 flumioxazin pendimethalin tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 221 flumioxazin dicamba tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 222 flumioxazin imazamox tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 223 flumioxazin imazethapyr tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 224 flumioxazin atrazine tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 225 flumioxazin diclosulam tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 226 flumioxazin mesotrione tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 227 flumioxazin isoxaflutole tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 228 flumioxazin topramezone tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 229 flumioxazin 2,4-D-2- tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 ethylhexyl 230 dicamba fomesafen tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 231 dicamba clethodim tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 232 dicamba imazaquin tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 233 dicamba dimethenamid tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 234 dicamba acetochlor tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 235 dicamba pendimethalin tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 236 dicamba imazamox tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 237 dicamba imazethapyr tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 238 dicamba atrazine tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 239 dicamba diclosulam tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 240 dicamba mesotrione tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 241 dicamba isoxaflutole tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 242 dicamba topramezone tembotrione 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 243 sulfentrazone flumioxazin dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 244 sulfentrazone fomesafen dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 245 sulfentrazone dimethenamid dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 246 sulfentrazone acetochlor dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 247 sulfentrazone pendimethalin dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 248 sulfentrazone clethodim dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 249 sulfentrazone dicamba dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 250 sulfentrazone imazamox dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 251 sulfentrazone imazaquin dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 252 sulfentrazone imazethapyr dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 253 sulfentrazone atrazine dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 254 sulfentrazone diclosulam dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 255 sulfentrazone mesotrione dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 256 sulfentrazone isoxaflutole dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 257 sulfentrazone topramezone dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 258 sulfentrazone 2,4-D dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 259 flumioxazin fomesafen dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 260 flumioxazin clethodim dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 261 flumioxazin imazaquin dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 262 flumioxazin dimethenamid dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 263 flumioxazin acetochlor dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 264 flumioxazin pendimethalin dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 265 flumioxazin dicamba dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 266 flumioxazin imazamox dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 267 flumioxazin imazethapyr dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 268 flumioxazin atrazine dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 269 flumioxazin diclosulam dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 270 flumioxazin mesotrione dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 271 flumioxazin isoxaflutole dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 272 flumioxazin topramezone dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 273 flumioxazin 2,4-D-2- dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 ethylhexyl 274 dicamba fomesafen dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 275 dicamba clethodim dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 276 dicamba imazaquin dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 277 dicamba dimethenamid dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 278 dicamba acetochlor dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 279 dicamba pendimethalin dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 280 dicamba imazamox dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 281 dicamba imazethapyr dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 282 dicamba atrazine dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 283 dicamba diclosulam dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 284 dicamba mesotrione dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 285 dicamba isoxaflutole dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 286 dicamba topramezone dimethenamid 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 287 sulfentrazone flumioxazin acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 288 sulfentrazone fomesafen acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 289 sulfentrazone dimethenamid acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 290 sulfentrazone pendimethalin acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 291 sulfentrazone clethodim acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 292 sulfentrazone dicamba acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 293 sulfentrazone imazamox acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 294 sulfentrazone imazaquin acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1- 1:550 295 sulfentrazone imazethapyr acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 296 sulfentrazone atrazine acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 297 sulfentrazone diclosulam acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 298 sulfentrazone mesotrione acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 299 sulfentrazone isoxaflutole acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 300 sulfentrazone topramezone acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 301 sulfentrazone 2,4-D acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 302 flumioxazin fomesafen acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 303 flumioxazin clethodim acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 304 flumioxazin imazaquin acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 305 flumioxazin dimethenamid acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 306 flumioxazin pendimethalin acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 307 flumioxazin dicamba acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 308 flumioxazin imazamox acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 309 flumioxazin imazethapyr acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 310 flumioxazin atrazine acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 311 flumioxazin diclosulam acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 312 flumioxazin mesotrione acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 313 flumioxazin isoxaflutole acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 314 flumioxazin topramezone acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 315 flumioxazin 2,4-D-2- acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 ethylhexyl 316 dicamba fomesafen acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 317 dicamba clethodim acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 318 dicamba imazaquin acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 319 dicamba dimethenamid acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 320 dicamba pendimethalin acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 321 dicamba imazamox acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 322 dicamba imazethapyr acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 323 dicamba atrazine acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 324 dicamba diclosulam acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 325 dicamba mesotrione acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 326 dicamba isoxaflutole acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 327 dicamba topramezone acetochlor 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 328 sulfentrazone flumioxazin imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 329 sulfentrazone fomesafen imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 330 sulfentrazone dimethenamid imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 331 sulfentrazone acetochlor imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 332 sulfentrazone pendimethalin imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 333 sulfentrazone clethodim imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 334 sulfentrazone dicamba imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 335 sulfentrazone imazamox imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 336 sulfentrazone imazaquin imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 337 sulfentrazone atrazine imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 338 sulfentrazone diclosulam imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 339 sulfentrazone mesotrione imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 340 sulfentrazone isoxaflutole imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 341 sulfentrazone topramezone imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 342 sulfentrazone 2,4-D imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 343 flumioxazin fomesafen imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 344 flumioxazin clethodim imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 345 flumioxazin imazaquin imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 346 flumioxazin dimethenamid imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 347 flumioxazin acetochlor imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 348 flumioxazin pendimethalin imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 349 flumioxazin dicamba imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 350 flumioxazin imazamox imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 351 flumioxazin atrazine imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 352 flumioxazin diclosulam imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 353 flumioxazin mesotrione imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 354 flumioxazin isoxaflutole imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 355 flumioxazin topramezone imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 356 flumioxazin 2,4-D-2- imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 ethylhexyl 357 dicamba fomesafen imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 358 dicamba clethodim imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 359 dicamba imazaquin imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 360 dicamba dimethenamid imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 361 dicamba acetochlor imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 362 dicamba pendimethalin imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 363 dicamba imazamox imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 364 dicamba atrazine imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 365 dicamba diclosulam imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 366 dicamba mesotrione imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 367 dicamba isoxaflutole imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 368 dicamba topramezone imazethapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 369 sulfentrazone flumioxazin imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 370 sulfentrazone fomesafen imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 371 sulfentrazone dimethenamid imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 372 sulfentrazone acetochlor imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 373 sulfentrazone pendimethalin imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 374 sulfentrazone clethodim imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 375 sulfentrazone dicamba imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 376 sulfentrazone imazaquin imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 377 sulfentrazone imazethapyr imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 378 sulfentrazone atrazine imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 379 sulfentrazone diclosulam imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 380 sulfentrazone mesotrione imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 381 sulfentrazone isoxaflutole imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 382 sulfentrazone topramezone imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 383 sulfentrazone 2,4-D imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 384 flumioxazin fomesafen imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 385 flumioxazin clethodim imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 386 flumioxazin imazaquin imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 387 flumioxazin dimethenamid imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 388 flumioxazin acetochlor imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 389 flumioxazin pendimethalin imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 390 flumioxazin dicamba imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 391 flumioxazin imazethapyr imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 392 flumioxazin atrazine imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 393 flumioxazin diclosulam imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 394 flumioxazin mesotrione imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 395 flumioxazin isoxaflutole imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 396 flumioxazin topramezone imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 397 flumioxazin 2,4-D-2- imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 ethylhexyl 398 dicamba fomesafen imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 399 dicamba clethodim imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 400 dicamba imazaquin imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 401 dicamba dimethenamid imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 402 dicamba acetochlor imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 403 dicamba pendimethalin imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 404 dicamba imazethapyr imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 405 dicamba atrazine imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 406 dicamba diclosulam imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 407 dicamba mesotrione imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 408 dicamba isoxaflutole imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 409 dicamba topramezone imazamox 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 410 sulfentrazone flumioxazin imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 411 sulfentrazone fomesafen imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 412 sulfentrazone dimethenamid imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 413 sulfentrazone acetochlor imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 414 sulfentrazone pendimethalin imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 415 sulfentrazone clethodim imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 416 sulfentrazone imazamox imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 417 sulfentrazone imazaquin imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 418 sulfentrazone imazethapyr imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 419 sulfentrazone atrazine imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 420 sulfentrazone diclosulam imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 421 sulfentrazone mesotrione imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 422 sulfentrazone isoxaflutole imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 423 sulfentrazone topramezone imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 424 sulfentrazone 2,4-D imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 425 flumioxazin fomesafen imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 426 flumioxazin clethodim imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 427 flumioxazin imazaquin imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 428 flumioxazin dimethenamid imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 429 flumioxazin acetochlor imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 430 flumioxazin pendimethalin imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 431 flumioxazin imazamox imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 432 flumioxazin imazethapyr imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 433 flumioxazin atrazine imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 434 flumioxazin diclosulam imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 435 flumioxazin mesotrione imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 436 flumioxazin isoxaflutole imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 437 flumioxazin topramezone imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 438 flumioxazin 2,4-D-2- imazapyr 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 ethylhexyl 439 sulfentrazone flumioxazin imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 440 sulfentrazone fomesafen imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 441 sulfentrazone dimethenamid imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 442 sulfentrazone acetochlor imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 443 sulfentrazone pendimethalin imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 444 sulfentrazone clethodim imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 445 sulfentrazone dicamba imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 446 sulfentrazone imazamox imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 447 sulfentrazone imazaquin imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 448 sulfentrazone imazethapyr imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 449 sulfentrazone atrazine imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 450 sulfentrazone diclosulam imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 451 sulfentrazone mesotrione imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 452 sulfentrazone isoxaflutole imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 453 sulfentrazone topramezone imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 454 sulfentrazone 2,4-D imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 455 flumioxazin fomesafen imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 456 flumioxazin clethodim imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 457 flumioxazin imazaquin imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 458 flumioxazin dimethenamid imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 459 flumioxazin acetochlor imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 460 flumioxazin pendimethalin imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 461 flumioxazin dicamba imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 462 flumioxazin imazamox imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 463 flumioxazin imazethapyr imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 464 flumioxazin atrazine imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 465 flumioxazin diclosulam imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 466 flumioxazin mesotrione imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 467 flumioxazin isoxaflutole imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 468 flumioxazin topramezone imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 469 flumioxazin 2,4-D-2- imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 ethylhexyl 470 dicamba fomesafen imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 471 dicamba clethodim imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 472 dicamba imazaquin imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 473 dicamba dimethenamid imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 474 dicamba acetochlor imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 475 dicamba pendimethalin imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 476 dicamba imazamox imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 477 dicamba imazethapyr imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 478 dicamba atrazine imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 479 dicamba diclosulam imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 480 dicamba mesotrione imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 481 dicamba isoxaflutole imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 482 dicamba topramezone imazapic 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 483 sulfentrazone flumioxazin pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 484 sulfentrazone fomesafen pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 485 sulfentrazone dimethenamid pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 486 sulfentrazone acetochlor pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 487 sulfentrazone clethodim pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 488 sulfentrazone dicamba pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 489 sulfentrazone imazamox pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 490 sulfentrazone imazaquin pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 491 sulfentrazone imazethapyr pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 492 sulfentrazone atrazine pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 493 sulfentrazone diclosulam pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 494 sulfentrazone mesotrione pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 495 sulfentrazone isoxaflutole pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 496 sulfentrazone topramezone pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 497 sulfentrazone 2,4-D pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 498 flumioxazin fomesafen pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 499 flumioxazin clethodim pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 500 flumioxazin imazaquin pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 501 flumioxazin dimethenamid pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 502 flumioxazin acetochlor pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 503 flumioxazin dicamba pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 504 flumioxazin imazamox pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 505 flumioxazin imazethapyr pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 506 flumioxazin atrazine pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 507 flumioxazin diclosulam pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 508 flumioxazin mesotrione pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 509 flumioxazin isoxaflutole pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 510 flumioxazin topramezone pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 511 flumioxazin 2,4-D-2- pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 ethylhexyl 512 dicamba fomesafen pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 513 dicamba clethodim pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 514 dicamba imazaquin pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 515 dicamba dimethenamid pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 516 dicamba acetochlor pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 517 dicamba imazamox pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 518 dicamba imazethapyr pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 519 dicamba atrazine pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 520 dicamba diclosulam pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 521 dicamba mesotrione pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 522 dicamba isoxaflutole pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 523 dicamba topramezone pendimethalin 1:500-100:1 100:1-1:550 *may be applied in the form of its enantiomer, salt or ester, unless a specific enantiomer, salt or ester is mentioned.

The combinations of the invention may also comprise one or more safeners. Safeners, also termed as herbicide safeners are organic compounds which in some cases lead to better crop plant compatibility when applied jointly with specifically acting herbicides. Some safeners are themselves herbicidally active. In these cases, the safeners act as antidote or antagonist in the crop plants and thus reduce or even prevent damage to the crop plants. However, in the combinations of the present invention, safeners are generally not required. Therefore, a preferred embodiment of the invention relates to combinations which contain no safener or virtually no safener (i.e. less than 1% by weight, based on the total amount of herbicide A and herbicide B).

Suitable safeners, which can be used in the combinations according to the present invention are known in the art, e.g. from

The Compendium of Pesticide Common Names (http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides/); Farm Chemicals Handbook 2000 Vol. 86, Meister Publishing Company, 2000;

B. Hock, C. Fedtke, R. R. Schmidt, Herbizide, Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1995;

W. H. Ahrens, Herbicide Handbook, 7^(th) Edition, Weed Science Society of America, 1994; and

K. K. Hatzios, Herbicide Handbook, Supplement to 7th Edition, Weed Science Society of America, 1998.

Safeners include benoxacor, cloquintocet, cyometrinil, cyprosulfamide, dichlormid, dicyclonon, dietholate, fenchlorazole, fenclorim, flurazole, fluxofenim, furilazole, isoxadifen, mefenpyr, mephenate, naphthalic acid anhydride, 2,2,5-trimethyl-3-(dichloracetyl)-1,3-oxazolidine, 4-(dichloroacetyl)-1-oxa-4-azaspiro[4.5]decane and oxabetrinil, as well as their agriculturally acceptable salts and, provided they have a carboxyl group, their agriculturally acceptable derivatives. 2,2,5-trimethyl-3-(dichloroacetyl)-1,3-oxazolidine [CAS No. 52836-31-4] is also known under the name R-29148. 4-(Dichloroacetyl)-1-oxa-4-azaspiro[4.5]decane [CAS No. 71526-07-03] is also known under the names AD-67 and MON 4660.

As safener, the combinations according to the invention comprise at least one of the compounds which is preferably selected from the group of benoxacor, cloquintocet, cyprosulfamide, dichlormid, fenchlorazole, fenclorim, furilazole, isoxadifen, mefenpyr, naphthalic acid anhydride, 2,2,5-trimethyl-3-(dichloroacetyl)-1,3-oxazolidine and 4-(dichloroacetyl)-1-oxa-4-azaspiro[4.5]decane, and their agriculturally acceptable salts and, in the case of compounds having a COOH group, their agriculturally acceptable derivatives as defined above.

A preferred embodiment of the invention relates to combinations which contain no safener or virtually no safener, i.e. less than 1% by weight, based on the total amount of the herbicide B, saflufenacil, the at least one herbicide C and the optional herbicide D to be applied.

The combinations of the present invention are suitable for controlling a large number of harmful plants, including monocotyledonous weeds, in particular annual weeds such as gramineous weeds (grasses) including Echinochloa species such as barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crusgalli var. crus-galli), Digitaria species such as crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis), Setaria species such as green foxtail (Setaria viridis) and giant foxtail (Setaria faberii), Sorghum species such as johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense Pers.), Avena species such as wild oats (Avena fatua), Cenchrus species such as Cenchrus echinatus, Bromus species, Lolium species, Phalaris species, Eriochloa species, Panicum species, Brachiaria species, annual bluegrass (Poa annua), blackgrass (Alopecurus myosuroides), Aegilops cylindrica, Agropyron repens, Apera spica-venti, Eleusine indica, Cynodon dactylon and the like.

The combinations of the present invention are also suitable for controlling a large number of dicotyledonous weeds, in particular broad leaf weeds including Polygonum species such as wild buckwheat (Polygonum convolvolus), Amaranthus species such as pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus), Chenopodium species such as common lambsquarters (Chenopodium album L.), Sida species such as prickly sida (Sida spinosa L.), Ambrosia species such as common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia), Acanthospermum species, Anthemis species, Atriplex species, Cirsium species, Convolvulus species, Conyza species, Cassia species, Commelina species, Datura species, Euphorbia species, Geranium species, Galinsoga species, morningglory (Ipomoea species), Lamium species, Malva species, Matricaria species, Sysimbrium species, Solanum species, Xanthium species, Veronica species, Viola species, common chickweed (Stellaria media), velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti), Hemp sesbania (Sesbania exaltata Cory), Anoda cristata, Bidens pilosa, Brassica kaber, Capsella bursa-pastoris, Centaurea cyanus, Galeopsis tetrahit, Galium aparine, Helianthus annuus, Desmodium tortuosum, Kochia scoparia, Mercurialis annua, Myosotis arvensis, Papaver rhoeas, Raphanus raphanistrum, Salsola kali, Sinapis arvensis, Sonchus arvensis, Thlaspi arvense, Tagetes minuta, Richardia brasiliensis, and the like.

The combinations of the present invention are also suitable for controlling a large number of annual and perennial sedge weeds including cyperus species such as purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus L.), yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus L.), hime-kugu (Cyperus brevifolius H.), sedge weed (Cyperus microiria Steud), rice flatsedge (Cyperus iria L.), and the like.

Therefore, the present invention also relates to a method for controlling undesirable vegetation, comprising applying a herbicidal combination according to the present invention, i.e. a herbicidal combination comprising:

-   -   a) saflufenacil,     -   b) a single herbicide B or one of its salts,     -   c) at least one herbicide C as defined above, and     -   d) optionally at least one further herbicide D as defined above,         to a locus where undesirable vegetation is present or is         expected to be present.

The combinations of the present invention are particularly useful in so-called burndown programs, in particular preplant burndown programs. i.e. the combinations of the invention are applied to a locus where crops will be planted before planting or emergence of the crop.

Therefore, the present invention also relates to a method for burndown treatment of undesirable vegetation in crops, comprising applying a herbicidal combination according to the present invention, i.e. a herbicidal combination comprising:

-   -   a) saflufenacil,     -   b) single herbicide B or one of its salts,     -   c) at least one herbicide C as defined above, and     -   d) optionally at least one further herbicide D as defined above,

to a locus where crops will be planted before planting or emergence of the crop.

In the burndown treatment of the present invention, additionally at least one further herbicide D as defined above can be applied together with the herbicides A, B and C. The term “to apply together” includes simultaneous and successive application. Likewise, applying the composition does not necessarily mean that the compounds A, B, C and optionally D must be applied as a single formulation or as a tank mix. Rather, the combination includes separate formulations of herbicides A, B and C and optionally D, which can be applied as a single tank-mix or via separate application means. In any case, the herbicide A, the herbicide B, the at least one herbicide C and the one or more optional herbicides D can be applied simultaneously or in succession.

However, it is also possible to apply the herbicides C and D in the burndown treatment after seeding or even after emergence of the crop.

Though possible, it is not necessary to formulate the herbicides A, B, C and optionally D in a single formulation. Usually the herbicides A, B, C and optionally D are combined as a tank-mix prior to application. It is however also possible to provide a premix of the herbicides A and C and the optional herbicide D and to combine this premix with the herbicide B.

The combinations of the present invention can be applied in conventional manner by using techniques as skilled person is familiar with. Suitable techniques include spraying, atomizing, dusting, spreading or watering. The type of application depends on the intended purpose in a well known manner; in any case, they should ensure the finest possible distribution of the active ingredients according to the invention.

The combinations are applied to locus mainly by spraying, in particular foliar spraying of an aqueous dilution of the active ingredients of the combination. Application can be carried out by customary spraying techniques using, for example, water as carrier and spray liquor rates of from about 10 to 2000 I/ha or 50 to 1000 I/ha (for example from 100 to 500 I/ha). Application of the herbicidal combinations by the low-volume and the ultra-low-volume method is possible, as is their application in the form of microgranules.

If the active ingredients are less well tolerated by certain crop plants, application techniques may be used in which the herbicidal combinations are sprayed, with the aid of the spray apparatus, in such a way that they come into as little contact, if any, with the leaves of the sensitive crop plants while reaching the leaves of undesirable plants which grow underneath, or the bare soil (post-directed, lay-by).

The combinations can be applied pre- or post-emergence, i.e. before, during and/or after emergence of the undesirable plants.

When the combinations are used in burndown programs, they can be applied prior to seeding (planting) or after seeding (or planting) of the crop plants but before the emergence of the crop plants. The combinations are preferably applied prior to seeding of the crop plants. For burndown, the combinations will generally be applied at a date up to 9 month, frequently up to 6 month, preferably up to 4 month prior to planting the crop. The burndown application can be done at a date up to 1 day prior to emergence of the crop plant and is preferably done at a date prior to seeding/planting of the crop plant, preferably at a date of at least one day, preferably at least 2 days and in particular at least one 4 days prior to planting or from 6 month to 1 day prior emergence, in particular from 4 month to 2 days prior emergence and more preferably from 4 month to 4 days prior emergence. It is, of course, possible to repeat the burndown application once or more, e.g. once, twice, three times, four times or five times within that time frame.

In the burndown treatment according to the present invention, the herbicide A, the herbicide B and the at least one herbicide C are applied to the field of the crop plants prior to the emergence of the crop plants, in particular prior to seeding within the above time frame. In a specific embodiment of this burndown treatment, the one or more herbicides D are also applied within this time frame. In this specific embodiment it is also possible to additionally apply the one or more herbicides D and optionally additional amounts of saflufenacil and/or the at least one herbicide C after the planting or seeding or even after emergence of the crop, preferably at a date until 12 weeks after emergence of the crop. In another specific embodiment of this burndown treatment, the one or more herbicides D and the optional additional amounts of saflufenacil and the at least one herbicide C are only applied after the planting or seeding or even after emergence of the crop, preferably at a date until 12 weeks after emergence of the crop.

It is a particular benefit of the combinations according to the invention that they have a very good post-emergence herbicide activity, i.e. they show a good herbicidal activity against emerged undesirable plants. Thus, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, the combinations are applied post-emergence, i.e. during and/or after, the emergence of the undesirable plants. It is particularly advantageous to apply the mixtures according to the invention post-emergent when the undesirable plant starts with leaf development up to flowering. The combinations are particularly useful for controlling undesirable vegetation which has already developed to a state, which is difficult to control with conventional burndown combinations, i.e. when the individual weed is taller than 10 cm (4 inches) or even taller than 15 cm (6 inches) and/or for heavy weed populations.

In the case of a post-emergence treatment of the plants, the herbicidal mixtures or combinations according to the invention are preferably applied by foliar application.

Application may be effected, for example, by usual spraying techniques with water as the carrier, using amounts of spray mixture of usually from 10 to 2000 I/ha, in particular 50 to 1000 I/ha.

The required application rate of the combination of the pure active compounds, i.e. of saflufenacil, herbicide B, at least one herbicide C and optionally herbicide D depends on the density of the undesired vegetation, on the development stage of the plants, on the climatic conditions of the location where the combination is used and on the application method. In general, the application rate of the combination (total amount of herbicides A, B, C and optional further actives) is from 55 to 6000 g/ha, preferably from 100 to 5000 g/ha, from 200 to 4000 g/ha, and more preferably from 300 to 3000 g/ha of active ingredient (a.i.).

The rate of application of saflufenacil is usually from 1 g/ha to 500 g/ha and preferably in the range from 5 g/ha to 250 g/ha or from 10 g/ha to 100 g/ha of active substance (a.i.).

The rate of application of herbicide B is usually from 10 g/ha to 4000 g/ha and preferably in the range from 25 g/ha to 3000 g/ha or from 50 g/ha to 2000 g/ha of active substance (a.i.).

The application rates of the herbicide C (total amount of herbicide C) are generally in the range from 0.5 g/ha to 8000 g/ha and preferably in the range from 1 g/ha to 6000 g/ha or from 2 g/ha to 4000 g/ha of active substance.

The application rates of the herbicide C.1 (total amount of herbicide C.1) are generally in the range from 0.5 g/ha to 1000 g/ha and preferably in the range from 1 g/ha to 500 g/ha or from 2 g/ha to 250 g/ha of active substance.

The application rates of the herbicide C.2 (total amount of herbicide C.2) are generally in the range from 1 g/ha to 5000 g/ha and preferably in the range from 2 g/ha to 2000 g/ha or from 5 g/ha to 1500 g/ha of active substance.

The application rates of the herbicide C.3 (total amount of herbicide C.3) are generally in the range from 10 g/ha to 8000 g/ha and preferably in the range from 20 g/ha to 6000 g/ha or from 100 g/ha to 4000 g/ha of active substance.

The application rates of the herbicide C.4 (total amount of herbicide C.4) are generally in the range from 10 g/ha to 8000 g/ha and preferably in the range from 20 g/ha to 6000 g/ha or from 40 g/ha to 4000 g/ha of active substance.

The application rates of the herbicide C.5 (total amount of herbicide C.5) are generally in the range from 1 g/ha to 2000 g/ha and preferably in the range from 2 g/ha to 1000 g/ha or from 5 g/ha to 750 g/ha of active substance.

The required application rates of the herbicide C.6 (total amount of herbicide C.6) are generally in the range from 10 g/ha to 8000 g/ha and preferably in the range from 20 g/ha to 6000 g/ha or from 50 g/ha to 4000 g/ha of active substance.

The application rates of the herbicide C.7 (total amount of herbicide C.7) are generally in the range from 1 g/ha to 3000 g/ha and preferably in the range from 5 g/ha to 2000 g/ha or from 10 g/ha to 1000 g/ha of active substance.

The application rates of the herbicide C.8 (total amount of herbicide C.8) are generally in the range from 10 g/ha to 8000 g/ha and preferably in the range from 20 g/ha to 6000 g/ha or from 40 g/ha to 4000 g/ha of active substance.

The application rates of the safener, if applied, are generally in the range from 1 g/ha to 5000 g/ha and preferably in the range from 2 g/ha to 5000 g/ha or from 5 g/ha to 5000 g/ha of active substance. Preferably no safener or virtually no safener is applied and thus the application rates are below 5 g/ha, in particular below 2 g/ha or below 1 g/ha.

The combinations according to the present invention are suitable for

combating/controlling common harmful plants in fields, where useful plants shall be planted (i.e. in crops). The combinations of the present invention are generally suitable for burndown of undesired vegetation in fields of the following crops:

-   -   Grain crops, including e.g.         -   cereals (small grain crops) such as wheat (Triticum             aestivum) and wheat like crops such as durum (T. durum),             einkorn (T monococcum), emmer (T dicoccon) and spelt (T.             spelta), rye (Secale cereale), triticale (Triticosecale),             barley (Hordeum vulgare);         -   maize (corn; Zea mays);         -   sorghum (e.g. Sorghum bicolor);         -   rice (Oryza spp. such as Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima);             and         -   sugarcane;     -   Legumes (Fabaceae), including e.g. soybeans (Glycine max),         peanuts (Arachis hypogaea and pulse crops such as peas including         Pisum sativum, pigeon pea and cowpea, beans including broad         beans (Vicia faba), Vigna spp., and Phaseolus spp. and lentils         (lens culinaris var);     -   Brassicaceae, including e.g. canola (Brassica napus), oilseed         rape (OSR, Brassica napus), cabbage (B. oleracea var), mustard         such as B. juncea, B. campestris, B. narinosa, B. nigra and B.         tournefortir, and turnip (Brassica raga var);     -   other broadleaf crops including e.g. sunflower, cotton, flax,         linseed, sugarbeet, potato and tomato;     -   TNV-crops (TNV: trees, nuts and vine) including e.g. grapes,         citrus, pomefruit, e.g. apple and pear, coffee, pistachio and         oilpalm, stonefruit, e.g. peach, almond, walnut, pecans, olive,         cherry, plum and apricot;     -   turf, pasture and rangeland;     -   onion and garlic;     -   bulb ornamentals such as tulips and narcissus;     -   conifers and deciduous trees such as pinus, fir, oak, maple,         dogwood, hawthorne, crabapple, and rhamnus (buckthorn); and     -   garden ornamentals such as roses, petunia, marigold and         snapdragon.

The combinations of the present invention are in particular suitable for burndown of undesired vegetation in fields of the following crop plants: small grain crops such as wheat, barley, rye, triticale and durum, rice, maize (corn), sugarcane, sorghum, soybean, pulse crops such as pea, bean and lentils, peanut, sunflower, sugarbeet, potato, cotton, brassica crops, such as oilseed rape, canola, mustard, cabbage and turnip, turf, pasture, rangeland, grapes, coffee, oilpalm, pomefruit, such as apple and pear, stonefruit, such as peach, almond, walnut, pecans, olive, cherry, plum and apricot, citrus, coffee, pistachio, garden ornamentals, such as roses, petunia, marigold, snap dragon, bulb ornamentals such as tulips and narcissus, conifers and deciduous trees such as pinus, fir, oak, maple, dogwood, hawthorne, crabapple and rhamnus.

The combinations of the present invention are even more suitable for burndown of undesired vegetation in fields of the following crop plants: small grain crops such as wheat, barley, rye, triticale and durum, rice, maize, sugarcane, soybean, pulse crops such as pea, bean and lentils, peanut, sunflower, cotton, brassica crops, such as oilseed rape, canola, turf, pasture, rangeland, grapes, coffee, oilpalm, stonefruit, such as peach, almond, walnut, pecans, olive, cherry, plum and apricot, citrus and pistachio.

The combinations of the present invention are most suitable for burndown of undesired vegetation in fields of the following crop plants: small grain crops, rice, maize, sugarcane, soybean, pulse crops, peanut, sunflower, cotton, oilseed rape, canola, grapes, coffee, oilpalm and stonefruit.

If not stated otherwise, the combinations of the invention are suitable for application in fields of any variety of the aforementioned crop plants.

The combinations according to the invention can also be used in crop plants which are resistant to one or more herbicides owing to genetic engineering or breeding, which are resistant to one or more pathogens such as plant pathogenous fungi owing to genetic engineering or breeding, or which are resistant to attack by insects owing to genetic engineering or breeding. Suitable are for example crop plants, preferably corn, wheat, sunflower, rice, canola, oilseed rape, soybeans, cotton and sugarcane, which are resistant or tolerant to any one of herbicides B, crop plants which are resistant or tolerant to synthetic auxins such as dicamba, crop plants which are resistant or tolerant to HPPD inhibitors, crop plants which are resistant or tolerant to ALS inhibitors such as imidazolinone herbicides, crop plants which are resistant or tolerant to PPO inhibitors or crop plants which, owing to introduction of the gene for Bt toxin by genetic modification, are resistant to attack by certain insects.

In a particular a specific embodiment, the combinations of the present inventions are used for controlling undesirable vegetation to crop plants, which are tolerant to herbicides, in particular in crop plants that are resistant or tolerant to any one of herbicides B and which are stacked with further resistance or tolerance against at least one further herbicide, in particular at least one of the following herbicides: synthetic auxins such as dicamba, HPPD inhibitors, ALS inhibitors such as imidazolinone herbicides, PPO inhibitors.

In these herbicide resistant or tolerant crops, the combinations of the present invention can be used both for burndown and for control of undesired vegetation after emergence of the crops. Therefore, a particular embodiment of the invention relates to a method for controlling undesirable vegetation in herbicide resistant or tolerant crops, in particular in crop plants which are resistant or tolerant to any one of herbicides B and which are optionally stacked with further resistance or tolerance against at least one further herbicide, in particular at least one of the following herbicides: synthetic auxins such as dicamba, HPPD inhibitors, ALS inhibitors such as imidazolinone herbicides, PPO inhibitors. In this particular embodiment, the combinations can be used for burndown but also for the control of undesirable vegetation after emergence of the crop plants.

In this particular method of the invention, the combination of the invention can be applied at least once prior to planting or emergence of the herbicide resistant or tolerant crop plants to achieve effective burndown of the undesirable vegetation and the combination can also be applied after emergence of the herbicide resistant or tolerant crop plants.

If the combinations of the present invention are used in crop plants, i.e. if they are applied in fields of the crop plants after emergence of the crops, application methods and application rates as described for burndown can be applied. If the active ingredients are less well tolerated by certain crop plants, application techniques may be used in which the herbicidal combinations are sprayed, with the aid of the spray apparatus, in such a way that they come into as little contact, if any, with the leaves of the sensitive crop plants as possible while reaching the leaves of undesirable plants which grow underneath, or the bare soil (post-directed, lay-by). However, such methods are generally not necessary and the combinations can be simply applied over the top (OTT).

For example, a combination comprising sulfentrazone, saflufenacil and a synthetic auxin herbicide is particularly useful for burndown in fields both of conventional crops such as maize, canola, wheat, soybeans, sunflower and sugarcane and crops having sulfentrazone tolerance, optionally stacked with synthetic auxin tolerance. This combination can also be used for controlling undesirable vegetation in crops having sulfentrazone tolerance optionally stacked with synthetic auxin resistance after emergence of the crop.

For example, a combination comprising sulfentrazone, saflufenacil and an ALS inhibitor herbicide is particularly useful for burndown in fields both of conventional crops such as maize, wheat, soybeans, sunflower and sugarcane and crops having sulfentrazone tolerance, optionally stacked with further herbicide tolerance. This combination can also be used for controlling undesirable vegetation in such crops after emergence of the crop.

For example, a combination comprising sulfentrazone, saflufenacil and a PPO inhibitor herbicide is particularly useful for burndown in fields both of conventional crops such as maize, wheat, soybeans, sunflower and sugarcane and crops having sulfentrazone tolerance, optionally stacked with PPO inhibitor tolerance. This combination can also be used for controlling undesirable vegetation in such crops after emergence of the crop.

For example, a combination comprising sulfentrazone, saflufenacil and a microtubule inhibitor herbicide is particularly useful for burndown in fields both of conventional crops such as maize, wheat, soybeans, sunflower and sugarcane and crops having sulfentrazone tolerance, optionally stacked with further herbicide tolerance. This combination can also be used for controlling undesirable vegetation in such crops after emergence of the crop.

For example, a combination comprising sulfentrazone, saflufenacil and a HPPD inhibitor herbicide is particularly useful for burndown in fields both of conventional crops of small grain cereals and crops of small grain cereals having sulfentrazone tolerance, optionally stacked with further herbicide tolerance. This combination can also be used for controlling undesirable vegetation in such crops after emergence of the crop.

For example, a combination comprising sulfentrazone, saflufenacil and a PS II inhibitor herbicide of the group C.6.2 or C.6.3 is particularly useful for burndown in fields both of conventional crops of maize or sugarcane and crops of maize or sugarcane having sulfentrazone tolerance, optionally stacked with further herbicide tolerance. This combination can also be used for controlling undesirable vegetation in such crops after emergence of the crop.

For example, a combination comprising sulfentrazone, saflufenacil and an ACC inhibitor herbicide is particularly useful for burndown in fields both of conventional crops such as maize, wheat, soybeans, sunflower and sugarcane and crops having sulfentrazone tolerance, optionally stacked with further herbicide tolerance. This combination can also be used for controlling undesirable vegetation in such crops after emergence of the crop.

For example, a combination comprising sulfentrazone, saflufenacil and a VLCFA inhibitor herbicide is particularly useful for burndown in fields both of conventional crops of small grain cereals, maize, soybean, sunflower or sugarcane and crops of small grain cereals, maize, soybean, sunflower or sugarcane having sulfentrazone tolerance, optionally stacked with further herbicide tolerance. This combination can also be used for controlling undesirable vegetation in such crops after emergence of the crop.

The active ingredients used in the combinations of the present invention are usually available as pure substances and as formulations.

The formulations contain, besides the active ingredients of the combination, at least one organic or inorganic carrier material. The formulations may also contain, if desired, one or more surfactants and, if desired, one or more further auxiliaries customary for crop protection compositions.

The formulation may be in the form of a single package formulation containing the herbicide A, the herbicide B, the at least one herbicide C and optionally the one or more herbicides D together with liquid and/or solid carrier materials, and, if desired, one or more surfactants and, if desired, one or more further auxiliaries customary for crop protection compositions. The formulation may be in the form of a three or multi (e.g. four, five or six) package formulation, wherein one package contains a formulation of saflufenacil while a second package contains a formulation of the herbicide B, at least one further package at least one formulation of the at least one herbicide C and optionally one or more further packages contain the formulation(s) of one or more herbicides D, wherein all formulations contain at least one carrier material, if desired, one or more surfactants and, if desired, one or more further auxiliaries customary for crop protection compositions. In the case of three or multi package formulations the formulation containing saflufenacil and the formulation containing the herbicide B and the at least one formulation containing the at least one herbicide C and optionally the one or more formulations containing the one or more herbicides D are mixed prior to application. Preferably the mixing is performed as a tank mix, i.e. the formulations are mixed immediately prior or upon dilution with water.

In the formulations the active ingredients and optional further actives are present in suspended, emulsified or dissolved form. The formulation can be in the form of aqueous solutions, powders, suspensions, also highly-concentrated aqueous, oily or other suspensions or dispersions, aqueous emulsions, aqueous microemulsions, aqueous suspo-emulsions, oil dispersions, pastes, dusts, materials for spreading or granules.

Depending on the formulation type, they comprise one or more liquid or solid carriers, if appropriate surfactants (such as dispersants, protective colloids, emulsifiers, wetting agents and tackifiers), and if appropriate further auxiliaries which are customary for formulating crop protection products. The person skilled in the art is sufficiently familiar with the recipes for such formulations. Further auxiliaries include e.g. organic and inorganic thickeners, bactericides, antifreeze agents, antifoams, colorants and, for seed formulations, adhesives.

Suitable carriers include liquid and solid carriers. Liquid carriers include e.g. non-aqeuos solvents such as cyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons, e.g. paraffins, tetrahydronaphthalene, alkylated naphthalenes and their derivatives, alkylated benzenes and their derivatives, alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol and cyclohexanol, ketones such as cyclohexanone, strongly polar solvents, e.g. amines such as N-methylpyrrolidone, and water as well as mixtures thereof. Solid carriers include e.g. mineral earths such as silicas, silica gels, silicates, talc, kaolin, limestone, lime, chalk, bole, loess, clay, dolomite, diatomaceous earth, calcium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, magnesium oxide, ground synthetic materials, fertilizers such as ammonium sulfate, ammonium phosphate, ammonium nitrate, ureas, and products of vegetable origin such as cereal meal, tree bark meal, wood meal and nutshell meal, cellulose powders, or other solid carriers.

Suitable surfactants (adjuvants, wetting agents, tackifiers, dispersants and also emulsifiers) are the alkali metal salts, alkaline earth metal salts and ammonium salts of aromatic sulfonic acids, for example lignosulfonic acids (e.g. Borrespers-types, Borregaard), phenolsulfonic acids, naphthalenesulfonic acids (Morwet types, Akzo Nobel) and dibutylnaphthalenesulfonic acid (Nekal types, BASF AG), and of fatty acids, alkyl- and alkylarylsulfonates, alkyl sulfates, lauryl ether sulfates and fatty alcohol sulfates, and salts of sulfated hexa-, hepta- and octadecanols, and also of fatty alcohol glycol ethers, condensates of sulfonated naphthalene and its derivatives with formaldehyde, condensates of naphthalene or of the naphthalenesulfonic acids with phenol and formaldehyde, polyoxyethylene octylphenol ether, ethoxylated isooctyl-, octyl- or nonylphenol, alkylphenyl or tributylphenyl polyglycol ether, alkylaryl polyether alcohols, isotridecyl alcohol, fatty alcohol/ethylene oxide condensates, ethoxylated castor oil, polyoxyethylene alkyl ethers or polyoxypropylene alkyl ethers, lauryl alcohol polyglycol ether acetate, sorbitol esters, lignosulfite waste liquors and proteins, denaturated proteins, polysaccharides (e.g. methylcellulose), hydrophobically modified starches, polyvinyl alcohol (Mowiol types Clariant), polycarboxylates (BASF AG, Sokalan types), polyalkoxylates, polyvinylamine (BASF AG, Lupamine types), polyethyleneimine (BASF AG, Lupasol types), polyvinylpyrrolidone and copolymers thereof.

Examples of thickeners (i.e. compounds which impart to the formulation modified flow properties, i.e. high viscosity in the state of rest and low viscosity in motion) are polysaccharides, such as xanthan gum (Kelzan® from Kelco), Rhodopol® 23 (Rhone Poulenc) or Veegum® (from R.T. Vanderbilt), and also organic and inorganic sheet minerals, such as Attaclay® (from Engelhardt).

Examples of antifoams are silicone emulsions (such as, for example, Silikon® SRE, Wacker or Rhodorsil® from Rhodia), long-chain alcohols, fatty acids, salts of fatty acids, organofluorine compounds and mixtures thereof.

Bactericides can be added for stabilizing the aqueous herbicidal formulations. Examples of bactericides are bactericides based on diclorophen and benzyl alcohol hemiformal (Proxel® from ICI or Acticide® RS from Thor Chemie and Kathon® MK from Rohm & Haas), and also isothiazolinone derivates, such as alkylisothiazolinones and benzisothiazolinones (Acticide MBS from Thor Chemie).

Examples of antifreeze agents are ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, urea or glycerol.

Examples of colorants are both sparingly water-soluble pigments and water-soluble dyes. Examples which may be mentioned are the dyes known under the names Rhodamin B, C.I. Pigment Red 112 and C.I. Solvent Red 1, and also pigment blue 15:4, pigment blue 15:3, pigment blue 15:2, pigment blue 15:1, pigment blue 80, pigment yellow 1, pigment yellow 13, pigment red 112, pigment red 48:2, pigment red 48:1, pigment red 57:1, pigment red 53:1, pigment orange 43, pigment orange 34, pigment orange 5, pigment green 36, pigment green 7, pigment white 6, pigment brown 25, basic violet 10, basic violet 49, acid red 51, acid red 52, acid red 14, acid blue 9, acid yellow 23, basic red 10, basic red 108.

Examples of adhesives are polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol and tylose.

To prepare emulsions, pastes or oil dispersions, the active components, as such or dissolved in an oil or solvent, can be homogenized in water by means of wetting agent, tackifier, dispersant or emulsifier. Alternatively, it is possible to prepare concentrates consisting of active substance, wetting agent, tackifier, dispersant or emulsifier and, if desired, solvent or oil, and these concentrates are suitable for dilution with water.

Powders, materials for spreading and dusts can be prepared by mixing or concomitant grinding of the active the herbicides A, B, optionally C and D with a solid carrier.

Granules, e.g. coated granules, impregnated granules and homogeneous granules, can be prepared by binding the active ingredients to solid carriers.

The formulations of the invention comprise a herbicidally effective amount of the combination of the present invention. The concentrations of the active the active ingredients in the formulations can be varied within wide ranges. In general, the formulations comprise from 1 to 98% by weight, preferably 10 to 60% by weight, of active ingredients (sum of saflufenacil, herbicide B, at least one herbicide C and optionally further actives). The active ingredients are employed in a purity of from 90% to 100%, preferably 95% to 100% (according to NMR spectrum).

The active compounds A, B, C and optionally D as well as the combinations according to the invention can, for example, be formulated as follows:

1. Products for Dilution with Water

A Water-Soluble Concentrates

10 parts by weight of active compound (or combination) are dissolved in 90 parts by weight of water or a water-soluble solvent. As an alternative, wetters or other adjuvants are added. The active compound dissolves upon dilution with water. This gives a formulation with an active compound content of 10% by weight.

B Dispersible Concentrates

20 parts by weight of active compound (or combination) are dissolved in 70 parts by weight of cyclohexanone with addition of 10 parts by weight of a dispersant, for example polyvinylpyrrolidone. Dilution with water gives a dispersion. The active compound content is 20% by weight.

C Emulsifiable Concentrates

15 parts by weight of active compound (or combination) are dissolved in 75 parts by weight of an organic solvent (eg. alkylaromatics) with addition of calcium dodecylbenzenesulfonate and castor oil ethoxylate (in each case 5 parts by weight). Dilution with water gives an emulsion. The formulation has an active compound content of 15% by weight.

D Emulsions

25 parts by weight of active compound (or combination) are dissolved in 35 parts by weight of an organic solvent (eg. alkylaromatics) with addition of calcium dodecylbenzenesulfonate and castor oil ethoxylate (in each case 5 parts by weight). This mixture is introduced into 30 parts by weight of water by means of an emulsifier (Ultraturrax) and made into a homogeneous emulsion. Dilution with water gives an emulsion. The formulation has an active compound content of 25% by weight.

E Suspensions

In an agitated ball mill, 20 parts by weight of active compound (or combination) are comminuted with addition of 10 parts by weight of dispersants and wetters and 70 parts by weight of water or an organic solvent to give a fine active compound suspension. Dilution with water gives a stable suspension of the active compound. The active compound content in the formulation is 20% by weight.

F Water-Dispersible Granules and Water-Soluble Granules

50 parts by weight of active compound (or combination) are ground finely with addition of 50 parts by weight of dispersants and wetters and made into water-dispersible or water-soluble granules by means of technical appliances (for example extrusion, spray tower, fluidized bed). Dilution with water gives a stable dispersion or solution of the active compound. The formulation has an active compound content of 50% by weight.

G Water-Dispersible Powders and Water-Soluble Powders

75 parts by weight of active compound (or combination) are ground in a rotor-stator mill with addition of 25 parts by weight of dispersants, wetters and silica gel. Dilution with water gives a stable dispersion or solution of the active compound. The active compound content of the formulation is 75% by weight.

H Gel Formulations

In a ball mill, 20 parts by weight of active compound (or combination), 10 parts by weight of dispersant, 1 part by weight of gelling agent and 70 parts by weight of water or of an organic solvent are mixed to give a fine suspension. Dilution with water gives a stable suspension with active compound content of 20% by weight.

2. Products to be Applied Undiluted

I Dusts

5 parts by weight of active compound (or combination) are ground finely and mixed intimately with 95 parts by weight of finely divided kaolin. This gives a dusting powder with an active compound content of 5% by weight.

J Granules (GR, FG, GG, MG)

0.5 parts by weight of active compound (or combination) are ground finely and associated with 99.5 parts by weight of carriers. Current methods here are extrusion, spray-drying or the fluidized bed. This gives granules to be applied undiluted with an active compound content of 0.5% by weight.

K ULV Solutions (UL)

10 parts by weight of active compound (or combination) are dissolved in 90 parts by weight of an organic solvent, for example xylene. This gives a product to be applied undiluted with an active compound content of 10% by weight.

Aqueous use forms can be prepared from emulsion concentrates, suspensions, pastes, wettable powders or water-dispersible granules by adding water.

It may furthermore be beneficial to apply the combinations of the invention alone or together with other herbicides, or else in the form of a mixture with other crop protection agents, for example together with agents for controlling pests or phytopathogenic fungi or bacteria. Also of interest is the miscibility with mineral salt solutions, which are employed for treating nutritional and trace element deficiencies. Other additives such as non-phytotoxic oils and oil concentrates may also be added.

USE EXAMPLES

The effect of the herbicidal combinations according to the invention of herbicides A, B and C and, if appropriate, safener on the growth of undesirable plants compared to the herbicidally active compounds alone or binary mixtures thereof was demonstrated by the following greenhouse experiments:

The test plants were first grown to a height of 3 to 20 cm, depending on the plant habit, and only then treated (post-emergence treatment). Here, the herbicidal combinations were suspended, emulsified or dissolved in water as distribution medium and afterwards applied by spraying, using finely distributing nozzles.

The herbicides A, B and C were used as commercially available formulations and introduced to the spray liquor with the amount of solvent system used for applying the active compound. In the examples, the solvent used was water.

Saflufenacil was used as a commercially available suspension concentrate having an active ingredient concentration of 340 g/l.

Sulfentrazone was used as a commercially available suspension concentrate having an active ingredient concentration of 480 g/l.

Flumioxazin was used as a commercially available WG-formulation having an active ingredient concentration of 50% by weight.

Dimethenamid-P was used as a commercially available emulsifiable concentrate having an active ingredient concentration of 720 g/l.

Acetochlor was used as a commercially available emulsifiable concentrate having an active ingredient concentration of 840 g/l.

Pendimethalin was used as a commercially available aqueous capsule suspension having an active ingredient concentration of 455 g/l.

Dicamba was used as a commercially available SL-formulation having an active ingredient concentration of 480 g/l.

Atrazine was used as a commercially available WG-formulation having an active ingredient concentration of 84% by weight.

Mesotrione was used as a commercially available suspension concentrate having an active ingredient concentration of 480 g/l.

Diclosulam was used as a commercially available WG-formulation having an active ingredient concentration of 84% by weight.

Isoxaflutole was used as a commercially available suspension concentrate having an active ingredient concentration of 240 g/l.

2,4-D was used as a commercially available emulsifiable concentrate containing 660 g/l of 2,4,D in the form of its 2-ethylhexyl ester (also named low volatile (LV) ester).

Imazamox was used as a commercially available SL-formulation having an active ingredient concentration of 120 g/l.

Imazethapyr was used as a commercially available SL-formulation having an active ingredient concentration of 240 g/l.

Topramezone was used as a commercially available suspension concentrate having an active ingredient concentration of 336 g/l.

Fomesafen was used as a commercially available microemulsion having an active ingredient concentration of 225 g/l.

Clethodim was used as a commercially available emulsifiable concentrate having an active ingredient concentration of 240 g/l.

The test period extended over 20 days. During this time, the plants were tended, and their response to the treatments with active compounds was evaluated.

The evaluation for the damage caused by the chemical compositions was carried out using a scale from 0 to 100%, compared to the untreated control plants. Here, 0 means no damage and 100 means complete destruction of the plants.

The plants used in the greenhouse experiments belonged to the following species:

Scientific Name Code Common Name Abutilon theophrasti ABUTH velvetleaf Amaranthus retroflexus AMARE pig weed Avena fatua AVEFA wild oat Brachiaria decumbens BRADC Surinam grass Brachiaria platyphylla BRAPP broadleaf signalgrass Digitaria sanguinalis DIGSA large crabgrass Echinochloa crus-galli ECHCG barnyardgrass Setaria viridis SETVI green foxtail Solarium nigrum SOLNI black nightshade

Colby's formula was applied to determine whether the composition showed synergistic action. The value E, which is to be expected if the activity of the individual compounds is just additive, was calculated using the method of S. R. Colby (1967) “Calculating synergistic and antagonistic responses of herbicide combinations”, Weeds 15, p. 22 ff. For two component mixtures the value E was calculated by the following formula

E=X+Y−(X·Y/100)

where X=effect in percent using a mixture of herbicides A and B at application rates a and b, respectively;

-   -   Y=effect in percent using herbicide C at an application rate c;     -   E=expected effect (in %) of A+B+C at application rates a+b+c.

If the value observed in this manner is higher than the value E calculated according to Colby, a synergistic effect is present.

Tables 1 to 41 relate to the herbicidal activities of the binary mixture of herbicides A and B, of herbicide C individually and of their combinations in post-emergence applications assessed 20 days after treatment (20 DAT).

TABLE 1 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Sulfentrazone and Flumioxazin binary A + B and solo C applications combination saflufenacil + saflufenacil (A) + sulfentrazone + flumioxazin sulfentrazone (B) flumioxazin (C) Synergism A B % activity % activity observed % activity expected % activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT SETVI 0.25 1.5 30 0.5 40 0.25 + 1.5 + 0.5 65 58 Y

TABLE 2 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Sulfentrazone and Dimethenamid-P binary A + B and solo C applications combination saflufenacil + saflufenacil (A) + sulfentrazone + dimethenamid-P sulfentrazone (B) dimethenamid-P (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT AMARE 0.125 0.75 70 18.75 0 0.125 + 0.75 + 18.75 100 70 Y AVEFA 0.5 1.5 40 75.0 20 0.5 + 1.5 + 75.0 60 52 Y

TABLE 3 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Sulfentrazone and Acetochlor binary A + B and solo C applications combination saflufenacil + saflufenacil (A) + sulfentrazone + acetochlor sulfentrazone (B) acetochlor (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT AMARE 0.125 0.75 70 12.5 0 0.125 + 0.75 + 12.5 100 70 Y SETVI 0.25 1.5 30 50.0 10 0.25 + 1.5 + 50.0 50 37 Y

TABLE 4 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Sulfentrazone and Pendimethalin binary A + B and solo C applications combination saflufenacil + saflufenacil (A) + sulfentrazone + pendimethalin sulfentrazone (B) pendimethalin (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.125 0.75 35 37.5 0 0.125 + 0.75 + 37.5 75 35 Y ECHCG 0.25 1.5 30 150.0 0 0.25 + 1.5 + 150.0 50 30 Y

TABLE 5 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Sulfentrazone and Dicamba binary A + B and solo C applications combination saflufenacil + saflufenacil (A) + sulfentrazone + dicamba sulfentrazone (B) dicamba (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.125 0.75 35 4.375 40 0.125 + 0.75 + 4.375 80 61 Y BRAPP 0.25 1.5 10 17.5 40 0.25 + 1.5 + 17.5 60 46 Y

TABLE 6 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Sulfentrazone and Atrazine binary A + B and solo C applications combination saflufenacil + saflufenacil (A) + sulfentrazone + atrazine sulfentrazone (B) atrazine (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.125 0.75 35 12.5 55 0.125 + 0.75 + 12.5 75 71 Y AVEFA 0.25 1.5 20 12.5 0 0.25 + 1.5 + 12.5 35 20 Y

TABLE 7 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Sulfentrazone and Diclosulam binary A + B and solo C applications combination saflufenacil + saflufenacil (A) + sulfentrazone + diclosulam sulfentrazone (B) diclosulam (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT DIGSA 0.5 1.5 20 0.5 25 0.5 + 1.5 + 0.5 45 40 Y SOLNI 0.25 0.75 60 0.125 0 0.25 + 0.75 + 0.125 75 60 Y

TABLE 8 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Sulfentrazone and Mesotrione binary A + B and solo C applications combination saflufenacil + saflufenacil (A) + sulfentrazone + mesotrione sulfentrazone (B) mesotrione (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT DIGSA 0.5 1.5 20 2.5 80 0.5 + 1.5 + 2.5 95 84 Y

TABLE 9 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Sulfentrazone and Isoxaflutole binary A + B and solo C applications combination saflufenacil + saflufenacil (A) + sulfentrazone + isoxaflutole sulfentrazone (B) isoxaflutole (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT DIGSA 0.5 1.5 20 1.0 25 0.5 + 1.5 + 1.0 55 40 Y SOLNI 0.25 0.75 60 0.5 70 0.25 + 0.75 + 0.5 98 88 Y

TABLE 10 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Sulfentrazone and 2-ethylhexyl ester of 2,4-D (here: 2,4-D LV ester) binary A + B and solo C applications combination saflufenacil + saflufenacil (A) + sulfentrazone + 2,4-D LV ester sulfentrazone (B) 2,4-D LV ester (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT DIGSA 0.5 1.5 20 6.25 0 0.5 + 1.5 + 6.25 65 20 Y

TABLE 11 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Sulfentrazone and Imazamox binary A + B and solo C applications combination saflufenacil + saflufenacil (A) + sulfentrazone + imazamox sulfentrazone (B) imazamox (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT SETVI 0.5 1.5 60 0.5 15 0.5 + 1.5 + 0.5 80 66 Y DIGSA 0.5 1.5 25 1.0 15 0.5 + 1.5 + 1.0 50 36 Y AMARE 0.5 1.5 80 0.5 40 0.5 + 1.5 + 0.5 100 88 Y ABUTH 0.5 1.5 60 0.5 0 0.5 + 1.5 + 0.5 70 60 Y

TABLE 12 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Sulfentrazone and Topramezone binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + sulfentrazone + topramezone sulfentrazone (B) topramezone (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT SETVI 0.5 1.5 60 0.25 0  0.5 + 1.5 + 0.25 70 60 Y ECHCG 0.25 1.5 45 0.25 25 0.25 + 1.5 + 0.25 65 59 Y BRADC 0.25 1.5 0 0.5 0 0.25 + 1.5 + 0.5  25 0 Y AMARE 0.5 1.5 80 0.25 40  0.5 + 1.5 + 0.25 100 88 Y ABUTH 0.25 1.5 55 0.25 10 0.25 + 1.5 + 0.25 80 60 Y

TABLE 13 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Sulfentrazone and Imazethapyr binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + sulfentrazone + imazethapyr sulfentrazone (B) imazethapyr (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT DIGSA 0.5 1.5 25 0.5 15 0.5 + 1.5 + 0.5 65 36 Y AVEFA 0.5 1.5 10 0.5 0 0.5 + 1.5 + 0.5 20 10 Y AMARE 0.5 1.5 80 1.0 55 0.5 + 1.5 + 1.0 100 91 Y

TABLE 14 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Sulfentrazone and Fomesafen binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + sulfentrazone + fomesafen sulfentrazone (B) fomesafen (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.5 3.0 80 1.5 5 0.5 + 3.0 + 1.5 100 81 Y

TABLE 15 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Sulfentrazone and Clethodim binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + sulfentrazone + clethodim sulfentrazone (B) clethodim (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.5 3.0 80 0.75 5 0.5 + 3.0 + 0.75 100 81 Y AVEFA 0.5 3.0 30 0.75 20 0.5 + 3.0 + 0.75 55 44 Y

TABLE 16 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Flumioxazin and Dimethenamid-P binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + flumioxazin + dimethenamid-P flumioxazin (B) dimethenamid-P (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT BRAPP 0.5 0.25 55 75.0 5 0.5 + 0.25 + 75.0 75 57 Y

TABLE 17 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Flumioxazin and Acetochlor binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + flumioxazin + acetochlor flumioxazin (B) acetochlor (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT AVEFA 1.0 0.25 20 50.0 10 1.0 + 0.25 + 50.0 30 28 Y

TABLE 18 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Flumioxazin and Pendimethalin binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + flumioxazin + pendimethalin flumioxazin (B) pendimethalin (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT AVEFA 1.0 0.25 20 150.0 0 1.0 + 0.25 + 150.0 30 20 Y

TABLE 19 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Flumioxazin and Dicamba binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + flumioxazin + dicamba flumioxazin (B) dicamba (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.5 0.13 85 4.375 40 0.5 + 0.13 + 4.375 100 91 Y

TABLE 20 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Flumioxazin and Imazamox binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + flumioxazin + imazamox flumioxazin (B) imazamox (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT AMARE 0.25 0.13 90 0.125 10 0.25 + 0.13 + 0.125 100 91 Y ECHCG 0.25 0.25 0 0.5 0 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.5  30 0 Y

TABLE 21 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Flumioxazin and Imazethapyr binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + flumioxazin + imazethapyr flumioxazin (B) imazethapyr (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.5 0.13 85 0.5 25  0.5 + 0.13 + 0.5 100 89 Y DIGSA 0.25 0.25 0 2.0 20 0.25 + 0.25 + 2.0 65 20 Y

TABLE 22 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Flumioxazin and Atrazine binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + flumioxazin + atrazine flumioxazin (B) atrazine (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.5 0.13 85 12.5 25  0.5 + 0.13 + 12.5 100 89 Y BRAPP 0.25 0.25 0 12.5 0 0.25 + 0.25 + 12.5 45 0 Y

TABLE 23 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Flumioxazin and Diclosulam binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + flumioxazin + diclosulam flumioxazin (B) diclosulam (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ECHCG 0.25 0.25 0 1.0 20 0.25 + 0.25 + 1.0 70 20 Y

TABLE 24 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Flumioxazin and Mesotrione binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + flumioxazin + mesotrione flumioxazin (B) mesotrione (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N AMARE 0.25 0.13 90 0.625 0 0.25 + 0.13 + 0.625 100 90 Y BRAPP 0.25 0.25 0 5.0 35 0.25 + 0.25 + 5.0  60 35 Y

TABLE 25 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Flumioxazin and Isoxaflutole binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + flumioxazin + isoxaflutole flumioxazin (B) isoxaflutole (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.5 0.13 85 1.0 85  0.5 + 0.13 + 1.0 100 98 Y BRAPP 0.25 0.25 0 2.0 40 0.25 + 0.25 + 2.0 65 40 Y

TABLE 26 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Flumioxazin and 2,4-D 2-ethylhexyl ester (here: 2,4-D LV ester) binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + flumioxazin + 2,4-D LV ester flumioxazin (B) 2,4-D LV ester (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.5 0.13 85 6.25 20  0.5 + 0.13 + 6.25 100 88 Y BRAPP 0.25 0.25 0 6.25 20 0.25 + 0.25 + 6.25 40 20 Y

TABLE 27 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Flumioxazin and Topramezone binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + flumioxazin topramezone flumioxazin (B) topramezone (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N Weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT SETVI 0.5 0.25 25 0.5 0 0.5 + 0.25 + 0.5 70 25 Y ECHCG 0.5 0.25 25 0.25 20 0.5 + 0.25 + 0.25 55 40 Y BRADC 0.25 0.25 10 0.25 0 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.25 30 10 Y ABUTH 0.25 0.25 85 0.25 0 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.25 95 85 Y

TABLE 28 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Flumioxazin and Fomesafen binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + flumioxazin + fomesafen flumioxazin (B) fomesafen (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.5 0.5 95 1.5 5 0.5 + 0.5 + 1.5 100 95 Y AVEFA 0.25 0.5 60 1.5 20 0.25 + 0.5 + 1.5 75 68 Y BRADC 0.25 0.5 75 3.0 30 0.25 + 0.5 + 3.0 90 83 Y

TABLE 29 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Flumioxazin and Clethodim binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + flumioxazin + clethodim flumioxazin (B) clethodim (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.5 0.5 95 0.75 5 0.5 + 0.5 + 0.75 100 95 Y

TABLE 30 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Dicamba and Acetochlor binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + dicamba + acetochlor dicamba (B) acetochlor (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.25 4.375 20 25.0 25 0.25 + 4.375 + 25.0 60 40 Y BRAPP 0.5 8.75 25 50.0 5 0.5 + 8.75 + 50.0 50 29 Y

TABLE 31 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Dicamba and Pendimethalin binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + dicamba + pendimethalin dicamba (B) pendimethalin (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N Weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.5 4.375 30 37.5 0 0.5 + 4.375 + 37.5 60 30 Y ECHCG 0.5 8.75 30 75.0 0 0.5 + 8.75 + 75.0 40 30 Y

TABLE 32 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Dicamba and Imazethapyr binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + dicamba + imazethapyr dicamba (B) imazethapyr (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.5 4.375 30 0.5 0 0.5 + 4.375 + 0.5 75 30 Y

TABLE 33 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Dicamba and Atrazine binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + dicamba + atrazine dicamba (B) atrazine (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N Weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.5 4.375 30 12.5 25 0.5 + 4.375 + 12.5 80 48 Y SETVI 0.5 8.75 25 25.0 25 0.5 + 8.75 + 25.0 65 44 Y

TABLE 34 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Dicamba and Diclosulam binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + dicamba + diclosulam dicamba (B) diclosulam (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.5 4.375 30 0.125 10 0.5 + 4.375 + 0.125 75 37 Y BRAPP 0.5 8.75 25 1.0 45 0.5 + 8.75 + 1.0 60 59 Y

TABLE 35 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Dicamba and Mesotrione binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + dicamba + mesotrione dicamba (B) mesotrione (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N Weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.5 4.375 30 0.625 75 0.5 + 4.375 + 0.625 90 83 Y BRAPP 0.5 8.75 25 5.0 40 0.5 + 8.75 + 5.0 65 55 Y

TABLE 36 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Dicamba and Isoxaflutole binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + dicamba + isoxaflutole dicamba (B) isoxaflutole (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.25 4.375 20 0.5 50 0.25 + 4.375 + 0.5 80 60 Y

TABLE 37 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Dicamba and Topramezone binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + dicamba + topramezone dicamba (B) topramezone (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT SETVI 0.5 8.5 15 0.25 0 0.5 + 8.5 + 0.25 50 15 Y ECHCG 0.5 8.5 35 0.25 25 0.5 + 8.5 + 0.25 55 51 Y AVEFA 0.5 8.5 10 0.25 0 0.5 + 8.5 + 0.25 20 10 Y AMARE 0.25 8.5 95 0.25 40 0.25 + 8.5 + 0.25 100 97 Y ABUTH 0.25 8.5 15 0.25 10 0.25 + 8.5 + 0.25 50 24 Y

TABLE 38 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Dicamba and Imazamox binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + dicamba imazamox dicamba (B) imazamox (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT SETVI 0.25 8.5 0 0.5 15 0.25 + 8.5 + 0.5 70 15 Y DIGSA 0.25 8.5 10 0.5 10 0.25 + 8.5 + 0.5 40 19 Y AMARE 0.25 8.5 95 0.5 40 0.25 + 8.5 + 0.5 100 97 Y ABUTH 0.25 8.5 15 0.5 0 0.25 + 8.5 + 0.5 45 15 Y

TABLE 39 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Dicamba and Dimethenamid-P binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + dicamba + dimethenamid-P dicamba (B) dimethenamid-P (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ECHCG 0.25 8.5 10 75 80 0.25 + 8.5 + 75 90 82 Y AMARE 0.25 8.5 95 37.5 0 0.25 + 8.5 + 37.5 100 95 Y ABUTH 0.5 8.5 60 37.5 0 0.5 + 8.5 + 37.5 80 60 Y

TABLE 40 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Dicamba and Fomesafen binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + dicamba + fomesafen dicamba (B) fomesafen (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.5 6.0 45 3.0 20 0.5 + 6.0 + 3.0 60 56 Y AMARE 0.5 6.0 95 3.0 65 0.5 + 6.0 + 3.0 100 98 Y DIGSA 0.25 6.0 30 1.5 20 0.25 + 6.0 + 1.5 50 44 Y ECHCG 0.5 6.0 25 1.5 20 0.5 + 6.0 + 1.5 55 40 Y

TABLE 41 Application in Post-Emergence of Saflufenacil, Dicamba and Clethodim binary A + B and solo C applications saflufenacil (A) + combination saflufenacil + dicamba + clethodim dicamba (B) clethodim (C) observed % expected % Synergism A B % activity % activity activity activity Y/N weed g ai/ha g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT g ai/ha 20 DAT 20 DAT 20 DAT ABUTH 0.5 6.0 45 0.75 5 0.5 + 6.0 + 0.75 55 48 Y AMARE 0.5 6.0 95 0.75 20 0.5 + 6.0 + 0.75 100 96 Y DIGSA 0.25 6.0 30 0.75 0 0.25 + 6.0 + 0.75 40 30 Y 

1-20 (canceled).
 21. A herbicidal combination comprising a) a herbicide A which is 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1-(2H)-pyrimidinyl]-4-fluoro-N-[[methyl-(1-methylethyl)-amino]sulfonyl]benzamide, b) a single herbicide B selected from sulfentrazone, flumioxazin, dicamba and their salts and esters, and c) at least one herbicide C different from herbicides A and B which is selected from C.1) herbicides of the group of acetolactate synthase inhibitors, C.2) herbicides of the group of protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors, C.3) herbicides of the group of synthetic auxins, C.4) herbicides of the group of microtubule inhibitors, C.5) herbicides of the group of acetyl-CoA carboxylase inhibitors, C.6) herbicides of the group of photosystem II inhibitors, C.7) herbicides of the group of pigment synthesis inhibitors, and C.8) herbicides of the group of VLCFA inhibitors selected from chloroacetamide herbicides, oxyacetamide herbicides, acetamide herbicides and tetrazolinone herbicides; provided that the herbicidal combination does not include pyroxasulfone; provided that in case the components b) or c) comprise dicamba or one of its salts or esters the herbicidal combination does not include imazapyr or one of its salts; and provided that if component b) is flumioxazin and component c) is 2,4-D, 2,4-D is present as its 2-ethylhexyl ester.
 22. The herbicidal combination of claim 21, wherein the at least one herbicide C comprises at least one acetolactate synthase inhibitor C.1, selected from the group consisting of diclosulam, cloransulam, flumetsulam, thiencarbazone, nicosulfuron, rimsulfuron, chlorimuron, thifensulfuron, imazapyr, imazamox, imazaquin, imazapic, imazethapyr and their agriculturally acceptable salts and esters.
 23. The herbicidal combination of claim 21, wherein the at least one herbicide C comprises at least one protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitor C.2 selected from the group consisting of flumioxazin, butafenacil, carfentrazone, sulfentrazone, acifluorfen, fomesafen, lactofen, oxyfluorfen and their agriculturally acceptable salts and esters.
 24. The herbicidal combination of claim 21, wherein the at least one herbicide C comprises at least one synthetic auxin herbicide C.3 selected from the group consisting of dicamba, 2,4-D and their agriculturally acceptable salts and esters.
 25. The herbicidal combination claim 21, wherein the at least one herbicide C comprises a microtubulin inhibitor C.4 which is pendimethalin.
 26. The herbicidal combination of claim 21, wherein the at least one herbicide C comprises at least one acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) inhibitor C.5 selected from the group consisting of fenoxaprop, haloxyfop, clethodim, sethoxydim and profoxydim and their agriculturally acceptable enantiomers, salts and esters.
 27. The herbicidal combination of claim 21, wherein the at least one herbicide C comprises at least one photosystem II inhibitor C.6 selected from the group consisting of atrazine, metribuzin, bentazone and their agriculturally acceptable salts.
 28. The herbicidal combination of claim 21, wherein the at least one herbicide C comprises at least one pigment synthesis inhibitor C.7 selected from the group consisting of clomazone, isoxaflutole, mesotrione, tembotrione, bicyclopyrone, topramezone and their agriculturally acceptable salts.
 29. The herbicidal combination of claim 21, wherein the at least one herbicide C comprises at least one VLCFA inhibitor C.8 selected from the group consisting of dimethenamid, acetochlor, metolachlor, metazachlor, flufenacet and their agriculturally acceptable enantiomers.
 30. The herbicidal combination of claim 21, wherein the herbicide B is sulfentrazone.
 31. The herbicidal combination of claim 21, wherein the herbicide B is flumioxazin.
 32. The herbicidal combination of claim 21, wherein the herbicide B is selected from dicamba and its agriculturally acceptable salts and esters.
 33. The herbicidal combination of claim 21, wherein the herbicide C is selected from the group consisting of sulfentrazone, flumioxazin, fomesafen, oxyfluorfen, dimethenamid, acetochlor, pendimethalin, dicamba, imazamox, imazaquin, imazethapyr, atrazine, diclosulam, cloransulam, mesotrione, isoxaflutole, topramezone, clethodim, 2,4-D, flufenacet, fenoxaprop and their agriculturally acceptable enantiomers, salts and esters.
 34. The herbicidal combination of claim 21 which comprises as herbicide B sulfentrazone and which comprises as herbicide C one herbicide selected from the group consisting of flumioxazin, fomesafen, dimethenamid, acetochlor, pendimethalin, clethodim, dicamba, imazamox, imazaquin, imazethapyr, atrazine, diclosulam, mesotrione, isoxaflutole, topramezone and 2,4-D, wherein fomesafen, dimethenamid, dicamba, imazamox, imazaquin, imazethapyr and 2,4-D in each case may optionally be present in the form of their respective enantiomers, salts or esters.
 35. The herbicidal combination of claim 21 which comprises as herbicide B flumioxazin and which comprises as herbicide C one herbicide selected from the group consisting of fomesafen, dimethenamid, acetochlor, pendimethalin, clethodim, dicamba, imazamox, imazaquin, imazethapyr, atrazine, diclosulam, mesotrione, isoxaflutole, topramezone and the 2-ethylhexyl ester of 2,4-D, wherein fomesafen, dimethenamid, dicamba, imazamox, imazaquin and imazethapyr in each case may optionally be present in the form of their respective enantiomers, salts or esters.
 36. The herbicidal combination of claim 21 which comprises as herbicide B dicamba and which comprises as herbicide C one herbicide selected from the group consisting of fomesafen, dimethenamid, acetochlor, pendimethalin, clethodim, imazamox, imazaquin, imazethapyr, atrazine, diclosulam, mesotrione, isoxaflutole, topramezone and 2,4-D, wherein fomesafen, dimethenamid, dicamba, imazamox, imazaquin, imazethapyr and 2,4-D in each case may optionally be present in the form of their respective enantiomers, salts or esters.
 37. The herbicidal combination of claim 21 comprising at least one further herbicide D different from herbicides B and C which is selected from the group consisting of imidazolinone herbicides, VLCFA inhibitors, photosystem II inhibitors, pigment synthesis inhibitors, ACC inhibitors, dinitroaniline herbicides and synthetic auxins.
 38. The herbicidal combination of claim 21, further comprising a safener which is selected from the group consisting of benoxacor, cloquintocet, cyprosulfamide, dichlormid, fenclorim, fenchlorazole, furilazole, isoxadifen, mefenpyr, naphthalic acid anhydride, 4-(dichloroacetyl)-1-oxa-4-azaspiro[4.5]decane and 2,2,5-trimethyl-3-(dichloroacetyl)-1,3-oxazolidine.
 39. A method for controlling undesirable vegetation, which method comprises applying the herbicidal combination of claim 21 to a locus where undesirable vegetation is present or is expected to be present.
 40. A method for burn-down treatment of undesirable vegetation in crops, comprising applying the herbicidal combination of claim 21 to a locus where crops will be planted before planting or emergence of the crop. 